A list of prohibited substances and methods in sport is established in Belarus

The Republican list of prohibited substances and methods in sport is established by the Resolution of the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Belarus of November 8, 2018 No. 65. The Resolution was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal on November 24.

The list of prohibited substances includes anabolic agents, peptide hormones, growth factors and mimetics, hormones, metabolic modulators, etc. The prohibited methods in sport include manipulation of blood and blood components, chemical and physical manipulation, and gene doping. The Resolution also defines substances the use of which in sport during a competition is prohibited. They include stimulants, cannabinoids, glucocorticoids. The list also includes the substances prohibited in certain sports, for example, in motor sports (FIA), billiard (WCBS), golf (IGF), darts (WDF), shooting (ISSF, IPC), archery (WA), snowboarding (half-pipe, big-air).

The Resolution comes into effect on November 27, 2018.

Source: BELTA