{"id":179,"date":"2015-01-03T07:27:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T07:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/drugs-in-sport\/?p=179"},"modified":"2015-01-03T07:27:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T07:27:55","slug":"minimum-doping-ban-increased-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/articles\/minimum-doping-ban-increased-four-years","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Doping Ban increased to four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/drugs-in-sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tubes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17 size-full\" title=\"drug testing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/drugs-in-sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tubes.jpg\" alt=\"drug testing\" width=\"590\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tubes.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/tubes-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minimum Doping Ban &#8211; As of the 1st January, 2015, drug cheats in sport will now face a minimum of a four year ban under the new rules which have come into effect.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There have been calls for the term to be revised and with\u00a0 changes to the World Anti-Doping Code, which unifies anti-doping rules for global sports, they have increased the suspension for doping from two years.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes will see less leniency given for missed tests but possible reduced bans for helping investigators.<\/p>\n<p>UK sports minister Helen Grant said the changes would &#8220;better protect clean athletes around the world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Successful implementation will mean an innovative and robust anti-doping programme that reaches further than ever before, to more athletes, more support personnel and more sport lovers, all of who want to be part of sport free from doping,&#8221; she added in a statement via UK Anti-Doping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will see tougher sanctions &#8211; not just for athletes, but also for those who assist in the doping process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The punishment for missing three tests within a 12-month period has been increased from 18 months to two years.<\/p>\n<p>While deliberate cheating leads to a four-year ban, athletes guilty of &#8220;inadvertent doping&#8221; will receive a two-year ban &#8211; although they can get a reduction if they have &#8220;substantial proof that they were not at fault or intending to cheat&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Wada said the 2015 code had more incentive for anyone providing &#8220;substantial assistance&#8221; in uncovering doping.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Admitting a violation can be rewarded with a reduced ban, with Wada having the final say. In exceptional cases, Wada has the power to eliminate a ban entirely and offer complete confidentiality for substantial assistance,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The revised code was agreed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) in November after over 18 months of research by the governing body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimum Doping Ban &#8211; As of the 1st January, 2015, drug cheats in sport will now face a minimum of a four year ban under the new rules which have come into effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,1,30,3,7,81,85,41],"tags":[8,98],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-articles","category-europe","category-featured","category-news","category-south-africa","category-uk","category-usa","tag-doping","tag-minimum-ban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/doping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}