A lab technician shows a sample to be tested for doping at the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory (LBCD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 8, 2015.
It may seem easy to abide by anti-doping controls — how hard can it be to not take performance-enhancing drugs? — but there are a wide variety of reasons why anti-doping education and testing is complicated.A lab technician shows a sample to be tested for doping at the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 8, 2015. Anti-doping policy and procedure is a staple in the information diet of Canada's Paralympians.
Simple over-the-counter medications, such as those used to treat the common cold, can include banned substances like pseudoephedrine; hospital stays can complicate an athlete's knowledge of what went into their body during that time; and the supplement industry, which is unregulated, can cause a positive test because what's on the label doesn't always correspond to what's in the product.
Athletics, cycling, triathlon and swimming are the four summer disciplines of the six Para sports that have athletes in the testing pool. These athletes have to provide their whereabouts at any given time and be available to provide a sample. A missed test is considered a failed test, so the stakes are fairly high.
While anti-doping violations aren't common for Para athletes, they do happen. Quebec provincial Para cyclist Tarek Dahab was banned this year for the presence of testosterone in his sample, which both he and Cycling Canada argued was for medical use. Marijuana and its use for chronic pain is quick to come up in conversation, but this can also apply to medications taken during a hospital stay or those required to manage pain. A process for retroactive exemptions exists, but the process is a stringent one and Para athletes tend to be on more medications than their Olympic counterparts.Bean said that this is a need the CCES is well aware of and that they have taken steps to educate athletes about their rights when it comes to accommodations.
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