— Published March 16, 2021

World Rowing joins the ITA

Rowing

World Rowing joins the movement. The international body announces that it has decided in turn, like a large part of the Olympic movement, to entrust the management of its anti-doping program to the International Testing Agency (ITA). According to the partnership agreement concluded between the two parties, the ITA will be in charge of all of World Rowing's in-competition and out-of-competition testing activities, including risk assessment, testing distribution planning. , as well as the management of the target group of rowers subject to testing and the location of athletes. She will also be responsible for managing the athlete's biological passport and therapeutic use authorizations for rowers. The ITA will develop and implement a long-term storage and re-analysis strategy for Word Rowing. The partnership also aims to strengthen the prevention of doping, through the establishment of an educational program, in accordance with the international education standard of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).