Welcome to On Side, the official podcast of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).

 

ASADA is globally recognised for continually setting new benchmarks in operating and delivering an effective anti-doping program. Our mission is to protect the health of athletes and the integrity of Australian sport.

 

This podcast goes behind the scenes of ASADA and meets the people associated with clean fair sport, it answers questions relating to anti-doping and educates you about clean fair sport.

 

In this episode of On Side, we meet former Olympic bronze medallist and 1997 World Short Course Champion Emma Johnson, our Director of Sport Operations and Engagement.

"ASADA has put a lot of energy into building relationships with sports and athletes and trying to tailor our work so we are working with sports rather than against them to try to reduce the risks of doping and sports are generally onside with that approach now,” Johnson says.

“One of the real drivers of ASADA in the last two years or more is to engage with athletes more… so we can tailor our work to what athletes need and want and to help them and work with them better.”

 

We also explain what a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) is and of the 10 Anti-Doping Rules violations under the World Anti-Doping Code, only one requires a positive test to establish an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) was committed.

 

Produced by Lyndall Larkham & Tim Gavel.

Recorded, edited & mixed by Ryan Micallef.