Journalists' workshop 2023

There are many reasons for doping and often an individual story precedes the use of banned substances or methods. The athlete's environment also has an influence on their path. Fencer Anne Sauer (Athleten Deutschland e.V.), journalist Jessica Sturmberg (Deutschlandfunk), scientist Prof. Michael Schaffrath (TU Munich) and Head of Education Michael Behr (NADA Germany) discussed what influence the environment can have and which environmental factors are conducive to clean sport.

Karim Chtai and Marco Knipp, both employees of the testing programme, presented the topic of intelligent control planning and demonstrated the application of the Dried Blood Spot matrix, which has been available since 2021. Journalists had the opportunity to carry out a Dried Blood Spot test themselves. Christoph Berg explained the most important changes to the 2024 Prohibited List and selected medical topics. Dr. Lars Mortsiefer presented the Training and Research Initiative on Criminal Doping Law (Fortbildungs- und Forschungsinitiative Dopingstrafrecht, FIDoS) and discussed current legal issues. Journalists were given an insight into international anti-doping work by Jorge Leyva, CEO of the Institute for National Anti-Doping Organizations (iNADO).