What is "doping"?

For most people, "doping" is what happens when athletes use prohibited substances/methods in order to win competitions. While this is, in essence, what doping is about, it is also more than that and a number of behaviors qualify as "doping" because they undermine the processes that are in place to prevent athletes from using prohibited substances and methods. All these behaviors and situations are listed in the anti-doping rules as "anti-doping rule violations". There are 11 categories of anti-doping rule violations. Please click here for further details.