On the eve of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee and Foundation Board meetings, we call on all stakeholders, particularly governments, to support athletes’ repeated calls for a fully independent WADA Executive Committee; including the provision of a voting seat at the decision-making table for independent athlete representative organizations.

Athletes welcome the opportunity provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to be a part of WADA’s efforts toward further structural reforms.

Russia Continues to Make a Mockery of Both the Anti-Doping System and the Judicial Powers in Place to Enforce It. The decision taken by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), released today, has dealt yet another damaging blow to clean sport and the athlete community.

Global Athlete has been a strong supporter of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act. We are thrilled that following unanimous consent by the US Senate, President Donald Trump has now officially signed the Act that will enhance clean sport efforts globally.

Athlete representatives from 14 countries join forces with 14 leading National Anti-Doping Organizations to collectively call on meaningful reform at the World Anti-Doping Agency. As individual organizations, we have repeatedly submitted formal proposals for change. Now we speak collectively to elevate our call for more independence, transparency, and accountability at WADA.

Independence, Transparency, Accountability and Human Rights Must Drive Change

Athletes can no longer accept that their demands for proper reforms of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have not been addressed. Time after time, athletes’ calls for change have been cast aside or written off as misinformed, despite the fact that athletes are the primary stakeholders and by far the most impacted group when the status quo persists.