Abstract
Anti-Doping Agency of the Republic of Serbia (ADAS) was founded by the Law on Prevention of Doping in Sports in 2005, and started operating on January 1, 2006. The fight against doping in Serbia is fundamentally associated with the adoption of the Law on Prevention of Doping in Sports in 2005 and 2014. Presently, ADAS has 71 doping control officers, including 8 animal doping control officers. The ADAS doping control officers have been trained for carrying out doping controls in national, but also in great international competitions. Since its foundation until present, 7821 doping controls have been carried out, 67 positive doping cases have been detected in 29 sports in the country, while 12 positive doping cases have been detected by the international associations. In addition, 4 other violations of anti-doping rules have been also recorded. Since its foundation until the end of 2017, 226 TUEs were approved, but it is even more important that the awareness of sports professionals, especially team doctors, has been gradually developed through the training courses organized by ADAS once a week on average. Over just one decade, AntiDoping Agency of the Republic of Serbia has become one of the most respected sports institutions, and through its knowledge and work performance it has become a partner not only of the national sports organizations, but also of a large number of sports organizations all over the world.
Highlights
The Anti-Doping Agency of the Republic of Serbia (ADAS) was established by the Law on the Prevention of Doping in Sport adopted in 2005 by the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia
ADAS has planned its activities in three directions, with the aim of realizing the mission and its program activities, such as: the implementation of doping control, education and research
The fight against the efforts of Serbia’s sport and society in the fight against doping in sport is in international professional and political conventions confirmed by the decisions of the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia and legally formulated through the Law on the Confirmation of the International Anti-Doping Convention 2009 and the Sports Law from 2011 and 2016
Summary
The Anti-Doping Agency of the Republic of Serbia (ADAS) was established by the Law on the Prevention of Doping in Sport adopted in 2005 by the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia. It began its work on January 1st, 2006, and under new legal and organizational conditions, continued the fight against doping in sport that was run by the Sports Medicine. By adopting the Convention and enacting laws, the Republic of Serbia has expressed a value orientation towards the problems and challenges of modern sports In doing so, it fulfilled its international obligations in the field of combating doping in sport and ranked among the countries that formally legally accepted the. Since its establishment until today, 7821 doping controls have been made at domestic and international competitions, starting in 2006, when 31 doping controls were completed, and by 2017, which ended with 1048 doping controls completed (Table 1)
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