Mon, August 11, 2025
RUSADA reports record 47 whereabouts violations in July, highest monthly total of 2025
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency reported 47 new cases of ‘availability for testing’ rule violations by national athletes in July, according to TASS. The total number of reported ‘availability for testing’ violation cases since the beginning of the year is now 195 for Russia.
Whereabouts failures are covered under Article 2.4 of the World Anti-Doping (WADA) Code. In accordance with the Code and the All-Russia Anti-Doping Regulations, athletes included in the out-of-competition Registered Testing Pool (RTP) must provide detailed information about their whereabouts through the ADAMS (Anti-Doping Administration & Management System) and ensure their availability for out-of-competition and unannounced testing.
Detailed information includes quarterly updates on: training venues, competitions, regular activities, overnight locations and a recurring 60-minute time slot where they are free for testing. Athletes must always ensure the above is up-to-date.
Failures occur when: athletes fail to provide information by the deadlines, the information provided is inaccurate, and when they are not present during their 60-minute time slot when a Doping-control Inspector needs to test them.
47 is a record-high figure since the beginning of 2025, with 25 reported cases in January, 18 in February, 21 in March, 34 in April, 23 in May, 27 in June and 47 in July. RUSADA reported 375 ‘availability for testing’ violations in 2022, 242 in 2023 and 282 in 2024.
Once this regulation is breached 3 times within a 12-month period, an athlete can be suspended from competing and training, with a minimum sanction of 12-months.
RUSADA Director General Veronika Loginova voiced: “I think it would be wrong for me to leave unresolved the most important task for which I came to RUSADA at the end of 2021. I mean restoring the agency's status…
With the help of interested structures, we will soon achieve our restoration.”
