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New Zealand committed to fight doping in sport: minister

Xinhua, May 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

New Zealand will be looking to play a greater role in eradicating performance-enhancing drugs from sport when it takes its place on an international body next week, Sport and Recreation Minister Jonathan Coleman said Friday.

Coleman would travel to Montreal, Canada, to represent New Zealand and Oceania on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) executive committee, which would meet on May 12.

"New Zealand athletes have an enviable reputation for being free of doping and we are committed to the global fight against doping in sport," Coleman said in a statement.

"Inclusion on WADA's executive committee is an opportunity for New Zealand to play a greater leadership role in the area of anti- doping."

The executive committee was a 12-member panel that controlled the world's most significant guidelines against drugs in sport, including maintaining the list of prohibited substances and methods.

New Zealand and Australia had an informal agreement to rotate a seat on the committee, alternating between one year for New Zealand and two for Australia.

"Taking up this seat is timely as it comes off the back of New Zealand being the first of 10 countries to sign the 2015-2018 International Anti-Doping Arrangement (IADA) earlier this year," said Coleman.

"The IADA focuses on the sharing of information and expertise with the aim of further developing anti-doping policies and programmes to be shared with WADA." Endi