What exactly is an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) ?
Determination that one of the following rule violations listed in the Code has occurred:
The presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete's bodily specimen;
Use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method;
Refusing, or failing without compelling justification, to submit to sample collection after notification, as authorized in applicable antidoping rules or otherwise evading sample collection;
Violation of applicable requirements regarding athlete availability for out-of-competition testing, including failure to provide whereabouts information and missed tests which are declared based on reasonable rules;
Tampering, or attempting to tamper, with any part of doping control;
Possession of prohibited substances and methods;
Trafficking in any prohibited substance or prohibited method;
Administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance or prohibited method to any athlete, or assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up or any other type of complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation or any attempted violation.
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