{"id":612752,"date":"2025-06-03T06:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=612752"},"modified":"2025-06-03T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:24:05","slug":"in-light-of-enhanced-games-world-aquatics-approves-bylaw-against-enablers-of-doped-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/in-light-of-enhanced-games-world-aquatics-approves-bylaw-against-enablers-of-doped-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"In Light of Enhanced Games, World Aquatics Approves Bylaw Against \u2018Enablers of Doped Sport\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Aquatics on Tuesday passed a bylaw aimed to \u201cprotect sport from enablers of doped sport,\u201d a clear broadside at the Enhanced Games.<\/p>\n

Full text of the bylaw, approved at World Aquatics meet on Tuesday, is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It proposes ineligibility for \u201crelevant persons\u201d who, \u201cactively supported or endorsed a sporting event or competition that embraces scientific enhancements that include the use of Prohibited Substances or Prohibited Methods (as those terms are defined in the Doping Control Rules) and\/or the use of any illegal drug.\u201d That includes participants, of course, but also support for participants, including \u201ccoach, trainer, manager, training partner, doctor or physiotherapist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proposed penalties for such persons include being ineligible to be \u201caccredited for and\/or to participate (in any capacity)\u201d at a World Aquatics event or to be employed, engaged or elected at World Aquatics at any time.<\/p>\n

Application of the rule under the bylaw will be by the World Aquatics Bureau on a case-by-case basis, with appeals to the Court of Arbitration for sport. The bylaw includes the addendum that member federations may adopt similar policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who enable doped sport are not welcome at World Aquatics or our events,” World Aquatics President Husain Al Musallam<\/strong> said in an accompanying statement<\/a>. “This new Bylaw ensures that we can continue to protect the integrity of our competitions, the health and safety of our athletes, and the credibility of the global aquatics community.”<\/p>\n

The Enhanced Games is not named in the bylaw, but the prospect of a systematized event aimed at cheating by World Aquatics standards is the impetus, for this and other statements by world governing bodies.<\/p>\n

More on the Enhanced Games<\/h4>\n