The Principle of Strict Liability
Athletes are at the heart of clean sport. Their actions, behaviours and choices are fundamental as
to ensure a doping-free sport.
The Principle of Strict Liability stipulates that Athletes are solely responsible for the presence of
any banned substance in their organisms, regardless of how the substance got there or whether
there was the intention to cheat.
As an Athlete it is therefore necessary to:
• know and respect the anti-doping sporting rules;
• always be willing to undergo doping controls;
• take responsibility for what is ingested or consumed;
• inform your Support Personnel that you are prohibited from using substances or methods
prohibited under the WADA List;
• ensure that any medical treatment you receive does not lead to an anti-doping rule
violations;
• inform NADO Moldova and your International Federation of any anti-doping rule violations
committed in the last ten years;
• collaborate with NADO Moldova in the investigation of anti-doping rule violations;
• disclose the identity of its Support Personnel at the request of NADO Moldova.