Please find attached for your information and attention the following, namely:

(i) copy of Memorandum dated 11 December 2010 and titled "2010 Prohibited List and Consequences for TUE Procedures" from Cornel Marculescu Executive Director FINA. Download here

(ii) copy of WADA 2010 Prohibited List that will be effective as of 1 January 2010. Download here

Clearly the use of Pseudoephedrine and it's relisting needs to be conveyed to our athletes as does the change to the status of Salbutamol and Salmetero.

Retirement Notification Form

Athletes wishing to update information with Australian Water Polo Inc (AWPI) will find the appropriate forms here. For more information on drugs in sport, visit the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority at www.asada.gov.au

Important changes to the WADA Anti Doping Code - effective 1 Jan 2009.

From 1 January 2009 significant changes have been made to the process we have previously used for notifying asthma medications and cortisone injections into joints/tendons.   There will no longer be a process called aTUEs (Abbreviated Therapeutic Use Exemptions) which were mainly used for asthma medications. For more information on these changes please read through the Changes to the WADA Anti Doping Code 2009.

FINA Beta-2 Agonist Therapeutic Use Exemption Form  
This form is to be completed by an athlete indentified by FINA in the international registered testing pool and is taking asthma medications (beta-2 agonists).

ASDMAC Therapeutic Use Exemption Form
This form is to be completed by an athlete competing at a National Open level competition and/or has being identified by ASADA's domestic testing pool and is taking asthma medications (beta-2 agonists).

SAL Anti-Doping Policy - Please note that AWPI has adopted the Swimming Australia Limited Anti-Doping Policy. Effective January 2009 if you are unsure of which form you should ask your doctor to completeor have any further questions about this process, please contact John Whitehouse, Secretary General at the Australian Water Polo office on 03 6216 8999.

FINA Location form
To provide whereabouts information on training and competitions.

Fact Sheets on changes to the TUE processess

TUE Process-Non RTP athletes

For all athletes not on the ASADA RTP or the FINA RTP

TUE Process-National RTP Athletes

For all athletes on the ASADA RTP but not the FINA RTP

TUE Process-International RTP Athletes

For all athletes on the FINA RTP


TUE Forms

2009 ASDMAC TUE Form

FINA B2A TUE Form

FINA TUE Form

FINA GCS Declaration of Use Form