Announcement
BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2024 – Anti-Doping Education
Dear Members, Continental Confederations, National Paralympic Committees and BWF Recognised Para Sports Organisations,
As you know, the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2024 will be hosted in Pattaya, Thailand, from 20 to 25 February 2024.
As for the 2022 edition of the BWF Para Badminton World Championships, every player participating must complete recognised anti-doping education before they arrive in Pattaya for the Championships. This is a mandatory requirement to compete.
See below for more on how to get ready. Please pass this information on internally in your organisation.
Read the below and start planning to work with your National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) and the BWF to complete this requirement before Friday 09 February 2024.
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- Anti-Doping Information Session – Tuesday 21 November 2023 @ 8:00PM KL Time
The BWF is hosting an online information session about how to complete anti-doping education activities before you get to Pattaya.
- Information session – Tuesday 21 November 2023 @ 20:00 (8:00PM) Kuala Lumpur time
- Register to attend – https://forms.office.com/r/T2q4JvZFFv
- This will help you plan your anti-doping education sessions for Para badminton players and support personnel (coaches / team managers) going to the Championships.
- This is similar to the session for the BWF World Junior Championships 2023 (linked here), so if you attended that session on 26 June 2023, and you are assisting the Para badminton players prepare for the BWF Para Badminton World Championships, there is no need to attend again. Read the below and then plan for the Para badminton players.
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- Education Options – 3 choices
There are 3 options for you to consider getting ready to make sure your players complete anti-doping education (see below).
The education can be face to face or an online course. If your players have completed a BWF recognised anti-doping course in 2022 or 2023, we can recognise this if it meets the minimum standards, so they do not need to repeat this again.
| Option 1 | Option 2 | Option 3 |
| Your NADO delivers the Education Course | Online Course – ADEL | Recognising a Recent Anti-Doping Course |
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Contact your NADO
Arrange for the NADO to deliver an anti-doping education session for your Para badminton Team.
This session must:
– Be delivered by a trained educator / anti-doping expert.
– Cover the 11 topics in the World Anti-Doping Code Clause 18.2.
The delivery method can be face-to-face or virtual.
The NADO must provide a certificate, or notice/letter to the Member Association / Para-sport organisation with these details: 1) date of the course, 2) who was the educator presenting the course, 3) the topics covered as part of the course, 4) the names of the participants who successfully completed this course.
Then email the BWF Head of Integrity the confirmation from the NADO that the players have completed the course / education session.
BWF Head of Integrity Andy Hines-Randle – [email protected]
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ADEL – WADA’s Anti-Doping Education & Learning platform.
Each player completes an online course, passes a test, and receives a Certificate.
The required course is available in Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Bahasa Indonesia, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, Uzbek and Vietnamese.
Visit https://adel.wada-ama.org/learn
Each player must go to this website and register.
Complete the course in their own time – it can be done in parts and does not need to be completed all in one attempt. Overall, it can take about 2 hours to complete.
Complete the course, pass the test, and make sure they get the certificate and send to the Member Association.
The Member Association sends the certificate to BWF Head of Integrity Andy Hines-Randle –
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Have any of your Para badminton players (who may be attending the World Championships) completed an anti-doping education course in 2022 or 2023?
If so, BWF may be able to recognise this and give credit for this, so no new education activity is needed before the World Championships.
The course must:
– Have been delivered by a trained educator / expert.
– Covered the 11 topics in the World Anti-Doping Code Clause 18.2.
Some of your players may have already completed the ADEL International Level Athletes Education Programme.
Contact the BWF Head of Integrity to get the course / education approved as meeting the requirement for competing at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships.
BWF Head of Integrity Andy Hines-Randle –
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- Coaches and Team Managers – recommended course
The BWF strongly recommends that coaches and team managers also complete an online anti-doping e-learning course before the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2024.
We recommend they complete this through ADEL – the WADA Anti-Doping Education & Learning platform. See below for the courses for coaches / team managers.
| Coaches Anti-Doping Course | Team Managers Anti-Doping Fact Sheet |
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ADEL – WADA’s Anti-Doping Education & Learning platform.
https://adel.wada-ama.org/learn
Go to this website and register.
Complete the course in your own time. You can stop halfway and come back and complete the course later.
Complete the course, pass the test, and make sure you get the certificate.
BWF has access to the database and can see who has completed the course.
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ADEL – WADA’s Anti-Doping Education & Learning platform.
https://adel.wada-ama.org/learn
Go to this website and register.
Read through the fact sheet in your own time. It will not take long to complete.
BWF has access to the database and can see who has completed the course.
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- Get Ready – Start Planning Today!
Planning is very important. Here are some suggestions about getting ready for the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2024 and making sure each player completes recognised anti-doping education before going to Pattaya.
| Phase | Actions | Outcomes |
| Planning |
Look at your target group of Para badminton players.
Decide who you want to include in the anti-doping education programme (it can involve more players than your BWF Para Badminton World Championships Team).
Decide the format of training – online learning or face to face session.
Contact your NADO to find out about information sessions and delivery times.
Put the Tuesday 21 November 2023 – 20:00 (8:00PM) KL time in your diary and plan to attend the information session (more details to follow).
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List of names for the anti-doping course.
Information about their knowledge of anti-doping / if they have done a course before.
Format of learning decided.
NADO booked / scheduled for anti-doping education session.
Attend the session / ask questions.
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| Delivery |
Players attend education course.
All mandatory content areas covered – 11 topics in the World Anti-Doping Code Clause 18.2.
Assessment of learners – did they all pass? Certificate? |
Names of those attending.
Course completed.
Names of players and the course details ready to send to BWF. |
| Reporting |
Prepare a report for BWF – names of those who successfully completed the course.
Email information to BWF Head of Integrity Andy Hines-Randle – [email protected]
Deadline – Friday 09 February 2024
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Lists received and checked by BWF.
BWF confirms all participants have completed their obligations. |
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- Contact – Yours and Ours
- Please decide who will be responsible for this in your organisation and who BWF can contact regarding anti-doping education.
- If you have questions about the enclosed, please contact BWF Head of Integrity Andy Hines-Randle – [email protected]
