With time counting down, the leaders of the National Anti-Doping Agency are trying to comply with the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), as otherwise in January the Agency will be declared non-compliant with the World Code. for Greek sports. The president of EOKAN, Grigorios Leon, stated in his statements that there are only a few points left to be corrected in order for the Organization to come out of the surveillance.
Since 2019, the National Anti-Doping Agency, in the form of ESCAN, is under the supervision of WADA and the time frame seems to be narrowing, because next January it will be decided whether the supreme leaders of the fight against banned substances will show their door in Greece. output. “The new Agency was activated in April, but by the end of June it had not progressed. We were asked by WADA to correct more than 100 points. In terms of legislation, Mr. Avgenakis helped us with two amendments and, now, we are fully covered. We have hired 15 staff and emphasize training. “Now we expect to get out of surveillance,” said Grigoris Leon, who has been in charge of the organization since early July.
One of the “thorns” of EOKAN was the small number of controls, something that the new administration is trying to solve. In October, 95 tests were performed in 13 sports, with 50% of them being out of competition. But even this number is small. Asked by “K” if the tests also involve blood sampling, Mr. Leon replied that they are not done, but a person has been hired who “will deal with the biological passport”. On the other hand, blood sampling is necessary, as otherwise it means that there is no compliance with WADA requirements.
The budget of the Organization is 1,500,000 euros. The samplers will be paid every month, something that was not the case in the past, with the result that, at that time, ESCAN did not find samplers for inspections. In fact, as Mr. Leon stated, EOKAN’s goal is to pay the money owed by its predecessor (ESKAN) to samplers.
Source: kathimerini.gr
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