LAUSANNE, March 16, 2025 – The FIE and International Testing Agency (ITA) will host a Clean Sport and Antidoping webinar on March 20, 2025, prior to the 2025 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships being held in Wuxi, China from April 7-15.
The FIE wants to support and protect athletes, ensuring safe and fair competition for all fencers. Every competitive fencer and coach need to be up-to-date on current requirements and guidelines for Clean Sport and antidoping issues, and taking part will help attendees in many areas:
- Knowledge of your rights and responsibilities
- Knowing the processes of testing, and fencers’ rights during those processes, helps athletes to be prepared and to protect themselves.
- Understanding the principle of strict liability, that fencers are responsible for any prohibited substance found in their bodies
- Protecting your health
- Learning about prohibited substances helps avoid harmful side effects associated with doping
- Learning about the complexities of supplements and medications, ensuring they don't inadvertently consume prohibited substances
- Preserving your career
- Thorough knowledge of anti-doping rules minimizes the risk of unintentional doping violations, which can lead to severe penalties, including suspensions and bans
- Maintaining your reputation and integrity
- It reinforces athletes’ roles as positive role models, inspiring others to pursue clean and ethical sports practices
- Competing clean upholds the principles of fair play and sportsmanship, enhancing fencers’ reputation and credibility
- Ensuring fair competition
- It helps to protect the integrity of fencing overall, preserving its values and fostering trust among athletes and fans
Open to all athletes, coaches and officials who would like to learn more about this important aspect of competition, we invite and encourage everyone to participate in the webinar, which will cover the following topics:
- Clean Sport Basics for Athletes – Anti-doping landscape and a high-level introduction of anti-doping related topics
- The Prohibited List and Medications – Food-first approach and making informed decisions about supplements, TUEs
- The Doping Control Process – Including testing procedures
- Athlete and Athlete Support Personnel Rights and Responsibilities under the Code
- Risks of Supplements
Panelists for the webinar will include FIE Medical Commission members Dr. Sabrina Halaimia and Dr. Lazar Miceta, as well as members of the ITA education team, who will provide expert-level guidance and answer any questions attendees may have.
To participate in the webinar, CLICK THIS LINK.
Webinar date: March 20, 2025
Time: 1300-1400 CET
Platform: Zoom