Testing Pool Athletes

Athletes with an impairment should provide details of their impairment on ADAMS to assist the ADS with planning and conducting testing.

If ADS asks an intellectually disabled athlete to provide whereabouts information, ADS shall give at least one of the following persons oral or written notice that ADS has made the request:

(a) the athlete's spouse;
(b) the athlete's parent or guardian;
(c) the athlete's coach; or
(d) a representative of the NSA.

Inclusion in the ADS RTP is based on several factors related to the athlete and the sport. These may include:

• Athletes already included in their International Federation's Registered Testing Pool

• Possible performance enhancing effect that doping may elicit on the sport

• Available doping analysis statistics of sports and disciplines

• Available research on doping trends

• International competition(s) for the year that is of significance to Singapore

• Serving periods of ineligibility or provisional suspensions as a result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations

• Reinstatement after period of ineligibility

• Coming into or out of retirement

• Injury

• Independent athlete(s) based locally or internationally who are selected for representation at major international events

• Return from international training stints of at least 3 months

• Unexpected and significant improvement in sporting performance

• Training with Athlete Support Personnel previously associated with doping practices

• Behaviour indicating doping

• Persistent last-minute changing of Whereabouts Information

• Athlete sport performance history

• Details of past doping controls

• Reliable information from a third party

The ADS DTP will comprise mostly athletes who are in national squads and who are not in the ADS RTP. The factors for inclusion in the ADS DTP may include:

• Possible performance enhancing effect that doping may elicit on the sport

• Available doping analysis statistics of sports and disciplines

• Available research on doping trends

• International competition(s) for the year that is of significance to Singapore

Retirement
Athletes in the ADS RTP or ADS DTP who wish to retire from competition, should notify both their NSA and ADS by completing the ADS Athlete Retirement Notification Form below and submit it to their NSA and ADS.

Athletes are required to complete the sample collection process if ADS has not received the ADS Athlete Retirement Notification Form. Failure to comply with the request to provide a sample could result in an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV).

Any athlete on their International Federation's RTP will also be subject to the International Federation's retirement requirements. Athletes are to contact their respective International Federation for more information.

Athletes, who had previously retired whilst in the RTP or DTP and intend to return to active competition, must provide written notification to ADS and their NSA using the ADS Return to Competition Notification Form at least 6 months before returning to competition. Athletes unannounced out-of-competition testing at any time during the period before actual return to competition. Athletes who violate this requirement will have their competition results disqualified.

Any athlete in an International Federation's RTP will also be subject to their International Federation's reinstatement requirements.

When an athlete retires while serving a period of ineligibility, the clock stops on the period of ineligibility. If the athlete wishes to be reinstated, the athlete will need to:

• wait out either the remaining period of ineligibility or the reinstatement period, whichever is longer; and

• be subject to out-of-competition testing.