PYEONGCHANG / OLYMPIC GAMES ANTIDOPING

The anti-doping measures at the forthcoming Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang in South Korea, will be the most comprehensive and independent in Olympic history, according to the International Olympic Committee. IOC.

• Video Length: 00:02:47
• Production Date: 5 February 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - IOC
• Subject Topical: OLYMPIC GAMES
• Geographic Subject: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• MAMS Id: 2086890
• Parent Id: 2086890
• Alternate Title: unifeed180205b

Description

STORY: PYEONGCHANG / OLYMPIC GAMES ANTIDOPING
TRT: 2:47
SOURCE: IOC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 3 FEBRUARY 2018, PYEONGCHANG / SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Shotlist

3 FEBRUARY 2018, PYEONGCHANG, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1. Wide shot, Olympic rings, PyeongChang
2. Wide shot, PyeongChang cityscape
3. Wide shot, Olympic accommodation
4. Wide shot, PyeongChang 2018 flag, Republic of Korea flag, Olympic flag

3 FEBRUARY 2018, SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

5. Various shots, blood testing in WADA Anti-doping lab
6. Various shots, urine testing in WADA Anti-doping lab
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Budgett, IOC Medical and Scientific Director:
“Well in the past the IOC took care of all the doping control at Olympic Games, but actually in Rio, in the spirit of making things as independent as possible the IOC turned to the Court for Arbitration of Sport to hear all the cases. Now in PyeongChang we are even more independent than in Rio, and we are actually using the Global Association of International Federations in Sport to provide the decisions around who to test when and where, the so called ‘Test Distribution Plan’ to do all the therapeutic use exemptions and to decide which adverse analytical findings should go forward to a prosecution to become, maybe, an anti-doping rule violation. So it’s all as independent as possible and it’s also bringing great new expertise to the games in doping control.”
8. Close up, sample placed on glass slide in WADA anti doping laboratory
9. Med shot, sample placed inside cabinet
10. Close up, computer screen showing data results
11. Med shot, machine agitating urine samples
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Budgett, IOC Medical and Scientific Director:
“Well at the Games we do a lot of out of competition testing because there is a lot of evidence that that is very effective. Every athlete who does well at a Games knows they are going to be tested at the end of competition but we will be doing over 1000 tests in competition and over 1400 tests out of competition. And with the blood samples as well there is over two and a half thousand tests all together.”
13. Various shots, machines operating in WADA anti doping laboratory
14. Med shot, lab technicians working
15. Close up, DCC logo (Doping Control Center)
16. Med shot, technician working on computer
17. Various shots, machines at work
18. Med shot, lab technician testing samples

Storyline

The anti-doping measures at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 will be the most comprehensive and independent in Olympic history, according to the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC’s medical chief. IOC Medical Director Richard Budgett said “In PyeongChang we are even more independent than in Rio and we are actually using the Global Association of International Federations in Sport to provide the decisions around who to test when and where, the so called ‘Test Distribution Plan’ to do all the therapeutic use exemptions and to decide which adverse analytical findings should go forward to a prosecution to become, maybe, an anti-doping rule violation. So it is as independent as possible and it also brings great new expertise to the games in doping control.”

There are more than 2400 urine and blood tests planned in PyeongChang - over 1000 in-competition and over 1400 out-of-competition.

The doping control system has undergone a considerable overhaul since evidence of systematic, state-sponsored doping emerged in the aftermath of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. It led to the creation of the International Testing Agency (ITA), a not-for-profit foundation set-up to provide doping control and related services to international federations (IFs) and major events. But as the ITA is not yet fully up and running, the Doping Free Sport Unit (DFSU), an independent body within the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), has stepped in and taken on many of the ITA’s future tasks.

Budgett said: “at the Games we do a lot of out of competition testing because there is a lot of evidence that is very effective. Every athlete who does well at a Games knows they are going to be tested at the end of competition but we will be doing over 1000 tests in competition and over 1400 tests out of competition. With the blood samples as well there are over two and a half thousand tests all together.”