Health danger in the wax cabin The work conditions in wax cabins might be more dangerous than previously thought. – You get concerned. This is only sport so I have to absolutely sit down and think about what I’m involved with, says Norwegian biathlon head wax-technician Svein Ivar Moen to Norwegian television NRK. A study in the wax cabins during the Holmenkollen, Oslo World Cup races this March showed that the particle-level was 20 times...
A total of 827 doping controls were carried out at the four FIS World Championships held in Arosa (SUI), Ã…re (SWE), Sapporo (JPN) and Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) this winter. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo involved one of the largest anti-doping programs of any international major sports events outside of the Olympic Winter Games. The Sapporo program included both pre-competition and post-competition controls. All in all, 697 in-competition controls were completed in...
The 2007 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and U-23 Cross-Country World Ski Championships were held in Tarvisio (ITA) from 12th — 18th March. For the first time, representatives of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were on-site at the event under the umbrella of the so-called WADA Athlete Outreach program. This program is focused on educating athletes and their support personnel about the dangers and consequences of doping. WADA representatives Stacy Spletzer, WADA Manager, Outreach...
The FIS Sub-Committee for Ladies' Cross-Country was recently released a new update of the booklet “The Role of Adequate Nutrition for Performance and Health for Female Cross-Country Skiers” which was published in 2003. The new booklet (edition 2007 by Nanna L. Meyer) will be distributed during the WSC 2007 in Sapporo (JPN) by the Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee for Ladies' Cross-Country, Midori Koyama Poppe (JPN) and is now available on the FIS Website: http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/nutrition-for-female-cross-country-skiers-0607.pdf This...
More than 80 representatives of the international media and the international sports movement gathered last week at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (SUI) to examine media and communications issues surrounding the fight against doping in sport. The specific goal of the WADA-hosted Symposium was to allow the media to learn more about the advances made to-date in anti-doping as well as about current opportunities and challenges. Following an introductory address by Jacques Rogge, President of...
Kuusamo (FIN) — Following the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, a study was carried out this summer and autumn to evaluate the possible causes for variation in the haemoglobin (Hb) values in elite Cross-Country skiers. Based on the initial findings of the WADA supported study, conducted by Professor Bengt Saltin in cooperation with the German, Swedish and French National Ski Associations, the Hb level is a robust and highly reproduceable variable on the individual level....
Petter Northug is sick but doesn’t know what’s wrong.
An injured and frustrated Frode Estil has to stay home while the rest of the Norwegian team is preparing for the seasonopener in Val Senales, Italy. – The 34-year old is still struggling with an infection that started a month ago with an innocent small cut in a finger on his left hand. The Olympic and World Champion is now very concerned about the outlook for the upcoming season. – I have to start a...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee, of which FIS President Gian-Franco Kasper is a member, has approved the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2007. The 2007 List is valid for the upcoming 2006/2007 season includes only minor modifications and is now online. View The List at the WADA website:
-Olympic medallist takes year off, commits to leading team towards 2010- Canmore, Alta.-Olympic silver medallist, Sara Renner, will compete for Canada on the international cross-country ski circuit until the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, but her journey towards Vancouver will have a unique and exciting challenge, Cross Country Canada announced on Monday. The 30-year-old from Canmore, Alta., and husband Thomas Grandi, a four-time Olympian and leader of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, are expecting their first...
The World Anti-Doping Agency has decided it won't ban hypoxic chambers until further studies can determine their health implications. On Saturday, WADA ruled the chambers enhance performance and violate “the spirit of sport,” but chose not to add them to the list of banned substances and methods for 2007. More… http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/10887.0.html WADA's 2007 Banned Substances List: http://www.fasterskier.com/training3498.html
The altitude tent debate has heated up in recent weeks after the ethics panel of the World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, determined in July that such devices violated “the spirit of sport.†WADA plans to rule in September about whether to include altitude tents and other hypoxic chambers on its List of Prohibited Substances and Methods for 2007. The ethics panel ruling against hypoxic chambers is expected to carry significant weight with WADA officials making the...
Marthe Katrine Myhre (21) has struggled with anorexia and has been hospitalized for a total of more than one year. She is now warning athletes about dieting. – Very few cross country skiers need to lose weight. Its plain dangerous to diet, says Myhre. She knows better than most people what eating disorders are all about. She has had big problems with it from when she was 15-years old until two-three years ago. She has,...
Junior World Champion and World Cup race winner Petter Northug believes that Jan Egil Andresen will lose out by reducing his weight and losing muscle mass. — I’d rather be a few kilos over race weight, he says. http://www.fasterskier.com/racing3201.html Source: Langrenn.com
Axel Teichmann had to have surgery on an injured leg. It looks like there is no end to the German ski star’s bad luck. He was sick this winter and didn’t get to race in the Olympics. Then he lost his A-team status on the German team for the upcoming season. And now he got injured and had to have surgery. It’s expected that he won't be able to fully load his leg and train...
Bengt Saltin (SWE), Chairman of the FIS Medical Committee, retired at the 45th International Ski Congress after having served on the Committee since 2000. FIS Newsflash had a chance to interview him after his last Committee meeting in Vilamoura (POR) earlier this week. FIS Newsflash: Did you have a specific agenda when you became Chairman in 2002? Bengt Saltin: My strength has always lied in conceptualizing and setting up structural frameworks for programs. When I...
The Executive Committee decided to seek broad stakeholder comment on the question of whether artificially-induced hypoxic conditions should be placed on the 2007 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List). The consultation process on hypoxic conditions will occur in parallel to the process implemented for feedback on the draft 2007 List which is currently in circulation. Following the consultation period, stakeholder feedback will receive full review by the WADA List Committee in September 2006, which...
At World Anti-Doping Agency's Executive Committee meeting this coming Saturday, the committee will discuss the use of 'artificially-induced hypoxic conditions', such as altitude tents, and whether they should be included on the 2007 list of banned substances and methods. If WADA was to ban hypoxic chambers it would have a wide-spread effect in all endurance sports, including cross-country skiing. Many top cross-country skiers, as well as cyclists, runners and others use hypoxic chambers to simulate...
Hosted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Federation (IF) / National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) Anti-Doping Symposium was held in Lausanne on 30th — 31st March, 2006. Approximately 125 IF/NADO representatives, including FIS Secretary General Sarah Lewis and Madeleine Erb, administrator of FIS Anti-Doping activities, came together to discuss the current and future activities in the fight against doping. The main themes for presentations and subsequent working group discussions included effective in- and out-of-competition...