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It doesn’t matter whether you’re just beginning in sport or you’re an elite athlete competing on the international stage – clean sport matters!
Clean sport means athletes:
Everyone has a duty to protect clean sport.
We want to know when we watch sports that it’s the real deal - that there is integrity in sport.
Cheating in any form undermines the spirit of sport and the efforts of clean athletes.
The consequences of doping could spell an athlete’s end of sporting career, reputation and future prospects both in and out of sport.
The sanctions for an anti-doping violation can include:
Further to these sanctions, an athlete who has been found guilty of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation is often exposed to a level of media attention that can result in permanent damage to their reputation. This can mean stories on the TV news, in newspapers, on social media such as Facebook and Twitter which, in cases of deliberate cheating, could lead to you being the subject of public contempt.
Doping rule violations can place pressure not just on an athlete but others close to you, friends, partners and family. It is these consequences which are frequently the most difficult for athletes to deal with.