Record number of whistleblowers report suspected sports doping in UK in 2024

Record number of whistleblowers report suspected sports doping in UK in 2024
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Record number of whistleblowers report suspected sports doping in UK in 2024
Author: Jamie Gardner
Published: Jan, 28 2025 17:19

The anti-doping body has released a report concerning 211 reports across 30 separate sports. The battle against sports doping saw a record number of whistleblowers come forward in 2024, according to the latest figures released on Tuesday. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) was handed 211 reports of suspected doping misconduct by its intelligence and investigations team.

The reports covered 30 sports in 2024, with the Paris Olympics at the heart of a packed sporting calendar. The latest figure extends a trend with reports increasing year-on-year since 2020. UKAD confirmed it had received 184 in 2023, 110 in 2022 and 75 in 2021, with the latest figure an increase of almost 15 percent.

Sport’s battle against doping has seen US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) state that it “fully supports” the US government’s decision to withhold a $3.6m (£2.8m) payment to the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) following the organisation’s handling of a major doping scandal.

UKAD launched the 'Protect Your Sport' initiative in November 2020 to encourage whistleblowers to report anonymously. UKAD's head of intelligence and investigations Mario Theophanous said: "It's important to UKAD that athletes and the sporting community feel safe talking to us, and that we normalise the reporting of doping in sport.

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