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<p>UK Anti-Doping issued the following number of sanctions to athletes with Adverse
Analytical Findings;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (1 January to 31 December)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of athletes sanctioned by UKAD following an Adverse Analytical Finding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017
to date</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The figures refer to the date that the athlete’s sanction was made public,
in some cases the date that the athlete provided the positive sample may have been
in an earlier year.</p><p>The figures relate to “Presence” cases only (i.e. the athlete
provided an Adverse Analytical Finding). ‘Non-Analytical Findings’ (refusing a test,
trafficking banned substances etc) are not included in these figures.</p><p> </p><p>UK
Anti-Doping is a world leading National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) with a strong
testing programme, this is evidenced by the World Anti-Doping Agency asking UKAD to
manage the testing programme in Russia as part of the work to make the Russian NADO
compliant once again with the World Ant-Doping Code.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
is fully committed to eradicating the use of performance enhancing substances and
methods in sport. Performance enhancing drugs remain a threat to the integrity of
sport and the health and wellbeing of all our athletes.</p>
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