Athletes’ Responsibility

It is equally important that athletes are aware of their anti-doping responsibilities. Athlete Support Personnel should also familiarize themselves with these in order to be able to support their athletes. These include:

• Taking full responsibility for what you ingest – make sure that no prohibited substance enters your body and that no prohibited methods are used.
• Informing medical personnel of your obligations as an athlete.
• Cooperating with ARUNADO and other ADO’s (WADA, Caribbean RADO, ITA).
• Being available for sample collection
• Not working with coaches, trainers, physicians or other Athlete Support Personnel who are ineligible on account of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV), or those who have been criminally convicted or disciplined in relation to doping (seeWADA’s Prohibited List). Further details of these roles and responsibilities can be found in Code  Art. 21.1
• Knowing and following your country’s Anti-Doping Rules and any other applicable Anti-Doping Rules.
• Athletes also have specific rights and responsibilities during the Doping Control Process. Please refer to this section here for more information on this.

Rights and Responsibilities of Athlete Support Personnel and other groups
Like athletes, Athlete Support Personnel and others’ rights and responsibilities as per the Code. These include:

• Being knowledgeable of anti-doping policies and rules which are applicable to you and to the athlete(s) you support.
• Using your influence on athlete values and behaviors to foster anti-doping attitudes.
• Complying with all anti-doping policies and rules which are applicable to you and the athlete(s) you support.
• Cooperating with the athlete testing program.
• Disclosing to your country’s Anti-Doping Committee whether you have committed any Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) within the previous ten years.
• Cooperating with ADOs investigating ADRVs.

Further details of these roles and responsibilities can be found in Code Art. 21.2 and 21.3.