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WADA Releases Rio 2016 Report of the Independent Observers

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently published their Independent Observer Team’s (IO Team’s) Report on the anti-doping program at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

The IO Team attends each Olympic Games by invitation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and in conjunction with requirements out-lined in the World Anti-Doping Code. While present at the Games the IO Team has multiple roles that they aim to accomplish. The first is to instill confidence in the athletic community regarding the quality, effectiveness, and reliability of the anti-doping programs the IOC has set up for the Games. Secondly, they are to provide feedback and and suggest where “real-time” improvements could be made in regards to the Games. Lastly, the team creates a list of recommendations within the post-Games Report for improvements to the program for future Games.

Despite the Games’ successes there were also a number of logistical failings reported including, budget and operational cutbacks which resulted in previously allocated resources being lost; tensions between Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Anti-Doping Agency; significant changes in management and staff less than one year before the Games; and a lack of a unified approach among the management team throughout the Games.

Jonathan Taylor, IO Team Chair, explained that,

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