Raise the Game Together throughCreating Legacy for Clean Sport:
2022 International Anti-Doping Seminar in Asia & Oceania

The Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA), in partnership with the World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA) and in auspices of the Japan Sports Agency of Japanese Government,
attracted over 300 members of National and Regional Anti-Doping Agencies from Asiaand Oceania as well as from other regions for clean, true, fair sport at the 2022 editionof International Anti-Doping Seminar in Asia & Oceania held as GoVirtual, online, on 1819 January 2022.
By having speakers from WADA Directors and staff members, WADA Independent
Observers for Tokyo2020 Games, the International Testing Agency (ITA) and theInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC), the legacy of Tokyo2020 Games washighlighted with values message and for transferring knowledge. Those main keywords
have come out over two-days seminar, like collaboration and partnership, sustainability
and development as well as engagement and values.

Under the theme “Legacy Creates Our Future for Clean, Fair and True Sport”, this annual
International Seminar was opened by Mr. Ikeda Yoshitaka, State Minister of Ministry ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), of the Japanese
Government (WADA Executive Committee representing Asia) and by Prof. Suzuki
Hidenori, JADA Chair.

Minister Ikeda (left) for opening and WADA President Witold Bańka (right) for keynote speech

At his keynote speech, WADA President Witold Bańka reflected how the Clean Sport
community worked together for, and at, the Tokyo2020 Olympic and Paralympic Gamesin order to protect the athletes of the world and promote fair competition. Mr. Bańka inparticular highlighted the significance of “PLAY TRUE 2020, Sport for Tomorrow”. Hestressed how this JADA’s legacy project of Tokyo2020 Games shows the commitment ofJapan as it is the first time to place anti-doping as a core legacy pillar of the Games
legacy project and how this PLAY TRUE 2020 itself has left us legacy.
Following on Mr. Bańka, Dr.
Yamamoto Yaya (left), who led PLAY
TRUE 2020, presented how ourstrong belief as true to sport, true toyourself – the true commitment tosport values – has been the central
to creating legacy. Dr. Yamamoto
mentioned: “We started PLAY TRUE
2020, Sport for Tomorrow, with ourbelief that ‘Sport matters in our lives and in society for our future’…which must neverbe destroyed by doping or other factors…and we believe that ‘Sport can changeworld’”.
Both PLAY TRUE Relay and i-PLAY TRUE Relay projects characterize the PLAY TRUE 2020
vision. Athletes’ leaders and the public of the world have been engaged. Those sport-

lovers and non-sport lovers joined us for the legacy Expressing the meaning of true
value of sport united us in the lead up to, and all messages during the Tokyo2020 Games,represented as a Work of Art, “Sport & Art” initiative.
Dr. Murofushi Koji, Commissioner of Japan Sports Agency and Ms Kadidiatou (Kady)
Tounkara, Chair of WADA Education Committee, both of whom served the WADA Athlete
Committee and Olympian, reiterated the significance of PLAY TRUE 2020 that has
extensively engaged the athletes as the leaders for Clean Sport and for education. Dr.
Murofushi mentioned “Anti-Doping is the important ‘torch’ in sport to relay as I havedone with PLAY TRUE Relay” (see his ‘TRUTH in Sport, TRUTH in ME’ interview andmessage). Both encouraged the Clean Sport Community to place a responsible person
as a ‘connector’ between athletes and its organisation.
Mr. Olivier Niggli, Director General, and Mr. Kevin Haynes, Associate Director ofCompliance, Rules and Standards, joined Q&A session with Dr. Murofushi and MsTounkara. On the day WADA unveiled its refreshed brand and website, Mr. Niggli stressed
the importance of anti-doping programme is the health of athletes and the public atlarge and also the support and unity of all partners. Mr. Haynes updated the upcoming
Code Compliance Questionnaire (CCQ), which is the key instrument for NADO/RADOs toreflect their own programme to improve for better practice.
The ‘Clean Sport Partnerships’ brought JADA’s partners who singed MOU with: South
East Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (SEARADO) and both China and Korea
NADOs. Strongly supported by Mr. Tom May, Director of NADO/RADO Relations, twopanels agreed, and encouraged Asia-Oceania colleagues, the ‘win-win’ partnerships andhow the trust relations can be evolved over years with the respective commitments.

SEARADO Chair Dr. Patrick Goh (top right) and Prof. Suzuki (bottom right)

CHINADA-JADA-KADA singed MOU right after Paralympics in September 2021

The 2022 International Seminar was concluded with “Just Keep Going” message. The
unity of Clean Sport Community in Asia and Oceania regions was showed as ‘true tosport, true to myself’ with the symbolic Filter Pose.
JADA will continue closely collaborating with WADA and a wide range of partners byhaving the TRUTH in us, and our true commitment to the value of sport.

21 January 2022