Joint Media Release

USADA & JADA Meet to Deepen Anti-Doping Partnership, andCreate Further Opportunities for Cooperation & Sharing of Expertise

The Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) invited representatives from the United States Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) to meet, in order to share experience and best practices and to further our joint
cooperative efforts. During the visit, which took place at JADA headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, both
JADA and USADA agreed on further cooperation to maximise respective expertise and enhance theglobal anti-doping movement.

Travis T. Tygart, USADA CEO, and Dr. Matthew Fedoruk, USADA Science Director, visited TokyoFebruary 18-19 and met with Japan’s Deputy Director-General of the Ministry in charge of sport(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MEXT); JADA President, Prof.
Hidenori Suzuki; and the President of the Japan Sport Council, Dr. Ichiro Kono and the Council’s
Anti-Doping Group members. USADA also delivered a presentation to the JADA staff members andscientific and to the medical experts of the Tokyo-based Athlete Passport Management Unit (APMU)
on the topic of longitudinal data collection and the biological passport program.

JADA CEO, Shin Asakawa, Testing SeniorManager, Chika Hirai, and Strategy &Planning and Education Senior Manager,
YaYa Yamamoto, also met with Mr.
Tygart and Dr. Fedoruk to discuss thecontinued collaboration between the twoorganizations. Mr. Tygart stressed thesignificance of sharing expertise andmaking use of mutual strengths of bothNational

Anti-Doping

Organizations(NADOs).

USADA and JADA TeamIn June of 2013, JADA became the firstlicensee of Global Drug Reference Online (Global DRO) to use a non-Roman-alphabet language.
Global DRO is a robust resource, originally created by USADA, in partnership with UK Anti-Doping
and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, to assist athletes in determining the prohibited status

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of medications. With over 35,000 hits in the first 7 months after launch in Japan, USADA and theJADA Global DRO project team continue to develop Global DRO Japan functionality, including
educational resources for the athletes and over 5,000 Japan-based sports pharmacists, and plan
future developments.

Mr. Tygart and Dr. Fedoruk visited the MEXT government office and met with Mr. Nagayama, Deputy
Director General of Sports and Youth Bureau. With the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code coming into
effect, Mr. Tygart stressed the important role intelligence and investigations play in successfully
detecting and deterring doping in sport, and the key importance of building effective relationships
between public authorities and NADOs. They also shared thoughts and discussed recent social
science research on bridging the cultural divide between the anti-doping movement and the sport
community, as well as enhancing deterrence and fostering relationships with key stakeholders
outside of sport.

“International cooperation is an important part of our mission at USADA, and for the global
anti-doping movement as a whole,” said USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart. “We have a strong
relationship with our partners at JADA, and we appreciated their invitation to meet and explore
further opportunities for continued collaboration.”

Now that the Japan Sport Council (JSC) has responsibility for anti-doping after the JSC’s legislation
was revised in 2013, the JSC works in close cooperation with JADA to ensure sport integrity, andstrengthen Japan’s anti-doping program to incorporate intelligence and investigation capabilities. Dr.
Ichiro Kono, JSC President, congratulated USADA’s dedication to clean sport, and told Mr. Tygart
and Dr. Fedoruk that Japan faces a pivotal time with planning for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Games;that the Games success hinges on implementing an effective and state-of-the-art anti-doping
program to preserve the rights of athletes to participate in clean sport; and that the success of aclean games is important to the reputation of Japan.

Prof. Suzuki was delighted to continue the cooperative relationship with USADA, stressing that: “Wehave many elements to learn, particularly including the effective use of intelligence andinvestigations to build capacity in strengthening anti-doping programs. Now that we have
responsibility for the success of the Tokyo 2020 Games, I believe that the stronger collaboration withUSADA will assist us in promoting best practices not only domestically, but regionally in Asia. We
also look forward to building our collaborations in such areas as research, and sharing informationand knowledge to protect clean sport and clean athletes.”

2/3About:Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA)
The Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) was founded in 2001 as the cooperative effort of all stakeholders inJapan. Supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), JADA
endeavours to lead the anti-doping activity with its key activity areas of education, awareness raising, research,doping control and the JADA Sports Pharmacist Program. It strives to promote and strengthened a value-based
education programme in Japan in view of development of people and society through sport.
http://www.playtruejapan.org/

United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
USADA is responsible for the testing and results management process for athletes in the U.S. Olympic andParalympic Movement, and is equally dedicated to preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives
and educational programs. In an effort to aid athletes, as well as all support team members such as parents andcoaches, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive instruction on its
website on the testing process and prohibited substances, how to obtain permission to use necessary
medications, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements as well as performance-enhancing drugs. In
addition, the agency manages a drug reference hotline, Drug Reference Online (www.GlobalDRO.com),conducts educational sessions with National Governing Bodies and their athletes, and proactively distributes amultitude of educational materials, such as the Prohibited List, easy-reference wallet cards, periodic
newsletters, and protocol and policy reference documentation.

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