ドーピング対策 - masayang's diary

Cyclingnews.com 11/23/2006版より。

Australian cyclist convicted for importing performance-enhancing drugs
Former Australian national team member, Andrew Wyper was convicted of illegally importing performance enhancing drugs from Indonesia in a court in Sydney. The 21-year-old was fined AUS$4,067, and the conviction could mark the end of his cycling career. Wyper represented Australia at the 2003 world road championships in Canada and the 2003 junior world track championships in Russia.
In November of last year, Australian customs officials detected a package traveling from Indonesia with four vials of anabolic steroids, seven vials of human growth hormone, and a syringe marked as containing EPO according tot he Courier Mail. A subsequent raid of a house in Inverell led authorities to seize relevant documents in the case.
A spokeswoman for Cycling Australia told the Courier Mail that any information that the organization received about the case would be handed over to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA), which would then notify the UCI. "We are very happy that customs is taking action to stop performance enhancing drugs from coming into Australia," said the spokeswoman.
According to Cycling Australia's website, Wyper had hoped to race in the 2008 Olympics and the Tour de France.

元・全オーストラリアロードチームの、Andrew Wyper選手（所属はドイツのHeinz von Heiden Team Hannover GER）がインドネシアからドーピング用薬物を輸入しようとしたことを、裁判所で認めた、というお話。これにより、同選手は自転車競技から永久追放されることになりそう。

事件そのものは去年の11月に、オーストラリア入管当局が摘発。(当局の発表資料) 同選手の持ち物からステロイド、人成長ホルモン、EPOなどを発見した、ということ。

あたりまえのことだけど、この手の薬物は医師の処方がなければ入手できない。つまり、供給源を断てばドーピングの多くはなくせるはず。[*1] 海外からの密輸を阻止することが重要ではなかろうか。

それにしても、オーストラリアでの薬物密輸って罪が軽いのね...

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