WADA - World Anti-Doping Agency

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The goal of the ISTAF Anti-Doping programme is to protect players' health as well as the ethics, fair play, and honesty that define Sepaktakraw. Since doping is inherently at odds with the spirit of competition, the ISTAF seeks to maintain fair and impartial competition. One of the primary objectives is to inform Sepaktakraw players and their support personnel on their rights and responsibilities with regard to doping prevention.

To help players and their support personnel understand their rights and obligations surrounding anti-doping, this section includes the most pertinent rules and regulations.

The WADA Code for Medical and Anti-Doping Rules specify the particulars of medical matters and the Anti-Doping Regulations.

• ISTAF Anti-Doping Code - (in force since 2021)
• WADA Code - (in force since 01.01.2021)

WADA's International Standard for Testing (ISTI) outlines protocols that guarantee and preserve the authenticity of samples and the integrity of testing, from alerting the athlete to shipping samples for examination. It also specifies whereabouts requirements for unexpected out-of-competition testing and investigations. 

•  WADA's International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI)

Regardless of whether they are a part of an ISTAF Registered Testing Pool (RTP) or not, athletes may be tested at any time and without prior notification. In general, we make a distinction between testing conducted in competition and outside of it.

 "In-Competition" refers to the time frame starting at 11:59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is expected to compete and ending at that time, as well as the sample collection procedure associated with that competition.
 

Any time that is not "In-Competition" is automatically classified as "Out-of-Competition."

Please refer to the WADA video below, which is accessible on the WADA YouTube channel in ten different languages, as well as the four-language WADA leaflet on the doping control process for further information about the procedure.

Be advised: It is against the law to avoid sample collection in any way or to refuse, or to fail to submit to sample collection following notice as permitted by applicable anti-doping laws, unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

In order to maintain Sepaktakraw as a clean sport, athletes and their support staff—parents, coaches, trainers, managers, agents, team employees, officials, and medical personnel—are crucial. Remain dedicated and familiarise yourself with your rights and obligations to prevent unintentional doping!

A breach of the anti-doping regulation (ADRV) might occur from more than only the finding of a prohibited substance in a sample. It is important to understand that there are 11 ADRVs that can lead to a punishment and that they affect both athletes and athlete support personnel.

• ·  Doping Control Form
• ·  WADA Leaflet on doping control process
• ·  Athletes' and Athletes Support Personnel's rights and responsibilities
• ·  Avoid inadvertent doping

• ·  Athletes User Guide
• ·  Team Managers User Guide

As part of their anti-doping obligations, a select group of top elite athletes provide their whereabouts, or information about their whereabouts, to the National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) or the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF). This information includes the athletes in their respective Registered Testing Pools (RTPs). Here is where you may get the following further information:

• · Information on Athlete's Whereabouts and Athlete's rights and responsibilities
• · Some hints on Whereabouts Filing via ADAMS
• · Relevant Provisions of the ISTAF Medical and Anti-Doping Regulations on Whereabouts Failures 2021
• · CRITERIA – ISTAF Sepaktakraw Registered Testing Pools (RTPs) 
• · 2024 Athletes List ISTAF Registered Testing Pool (RTP) (as of May 2024)
• · Sepaktakraw Team Whereabouts Procedures 2021
• · Team Whereabouts nomination of responsible person form
• · Doping tests Statistics 2024

The international standard that specifies what is forbidden both in and out of competition is known as the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List).

Additionally, the list informs which sports prohibit the use of specific drugs. There are categories for substances and techniques (e.g. steroids, stimulants, gene doping).

Every year on October 1st, the list is revised and published. It takes effect on January 1st of the subsequent year.

Please take note of the following about anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) involving the possession or use of a banned substance:

1. If you intended to cheat, whatever the substance, the period of ineligibility is 4 (four) years.
2. If you can demonstrate that you were not at fault or negligent, your ineligibility may be lowered to a minimum of one year. If not, it is two (two) years.
3. Depending on the degree of culpability, ineligibility might range from 2 (two) years to a reprimand if the offence involves a specific drug or a contaminated product and you can show you were not at fault.
4. Please be aware that the sentence may be extended past 4 (four) years if there are additional ADRVs or drugs present. A lifelong ban from sports is another possible punishment for some ADRVs.

•  2024 Prohibited List - (in force as of 01.01.2024)