A new series of webinars hosted by the International Testing Agency (ITA), which will take place every on three different Wednesdays this month, on 9, 16 and 23  April, are ready to deliver crucial informations about the anti-doping fight and offer insights into how to best avoid contact with banned substances.. 

As part of the commitment to fight against doping in handball, the International Handball Federation is inviting the handball communities around the world to attend these three webinars, which will take place between 14:00 and 15:00 CET and will be moderated by either anti-doping specialists, or former olympians.

These interactive one-hour webinars are designed to guide, educate, and inform our handball communities on anti-doping rules and their anti-doping rights and responsibilities.

The webinars will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation being available in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

Those who attend all three sessions successfully will receive a certificate from the ITA. To receive their IF Webinar Series Certificate, any participant will need to (i) attend at least one webinar live or (ii) access the recordings in the IF series Toolkit to receive a link to the test following the third webinar. The test will be open for completion for six weeks following the series, and after passing the test participants will receive their personalised certificate.

The schedule of the webinar series are as follows:

• Wednesday, 9 April, 14:00-15:00 CEST: Introduction to Anti-Doping: Overview of the Rights and Responsibilities, Anti-Doping Rule Violations, Consequences of Doping, and Proactive Reporting. Register here
• Wednesday, 16 April, 14:00-15:00 CEST: The Prohibited List, Medications, Therapeutic Use of Exemptions (TUEs) and Supplements: Includes the principle of Strict Liability. Register here
• Wednesday, 23 April, 14:00-15:00 CEST: Testing: Includes the Testing Procedures and the Athlete Biological Passport, Testing Pools, and Whereabouts  Register here.