THE WADA ‘WHEREABOUTS’ RULING

ALL athletes must fill out an online form, on the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS), detailing where they will be for one hour each day between 6am and 11pm. Testers turn up at random at the given address and, if there is no immediate answer, stay for the full hour attempting to contact the athlete every 10-15 minutes. If an athlete has failed to be available for testing on any given day at the location and time they specified — or are not where they said they would be — they will be deemed to have missed a test. If an athlete misses three tests in the space of 12 months, that amounts to an anti-doping rule violation, which could mean a ban of up to four years.