Doping is the use of prohibited substances and / or prohibited methods included in the WADA Prohibited List to enhance or maintain performance in sport. Doping also includes (both in-competition and out-of-competition): attempted use, possession, administration and trafficking of prohibited substances and methods, evasion, refusal or tampering of doping control, failure in providing requested whereabouts when being in a Registered Testing Pool, complicity in assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation and any prohibited associations with persons who are serving a ban.
Besides being detrimental to the reputation of sports, such performance-enhancing drugs pose a significant risk to the health of athletes especially young athletes.
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