Commissioned by Japan Sports Agency

Recruiting and Training of Doping Control
Personnel for Major Events

Japan Anti-Doping Agency

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Background on the Recruiting and Training of
DCP for Major Events

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Accrediting DCP for Major Events

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Recruiting DCOs for Major Events
Application and screening

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Training course

4Group workshop

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Training DCOs for Major Events
Workshop (Introduction)

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Workshop (Intermediate)10

Workshop (Major Event)12

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Initiatives Immediately Preceding Tokyo 202016

Recruiting and Training BCOs for Major Events

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Experiences at Major Events

Course materials

History of Training DCP for Major Events

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1.

Background on the Recruiting and Training of
DCP for Major Events

Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) has worked to train doping control personnel(DCP)* since it was established in 2001. Many of the DCP are now actively serving inJapan and around the world.
However, various international events are being planned for Japan, and this meansthat JADA will be required even more to secure enough DCP to be able to handle
doping control at major events. The situation when the Tokyo 2020 Olympic andParalympic Games were awarded was that the number of DCP that had already been
performing doping control in Japan, even with DCP that would be invited from othercountries and regions for the event, would be insufficient for the events.
Therefore, to train DCP with the language skills to be able to serve at major events,
JADA started the project to train DCP for major events in the 2017 fiscal year. With
the goal to make a success of anti-doping at Rugby World Cup 2019, Tokyo 2020
Olympic and Paralympic Games, and other major events to be held in Japan, JADA
embarked on the project of recruiting and training.

Context and issues

International events in Japan have increased
Rugby World Cup, Tokyo 2020, Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya, etc.

DCP available in Japan is insufficient
Shortage of personnel, language skill, and international experience

Train DCP that can serve at international events
To serve at Tokyo 2020 and other international events* DCP : Doping Control Personnel
A collective term for control personnel accredited by JADA to collect samples from athletes for doping control. It
includes Doping Control Officers (DCOs) who carry out sample collection procedures, Senior DCOs who instruct DCOs
and take on the tasks of the lead DCO, Blood Collection Officers (BCOs) who carry out blood collection, and Sample
Collection Officers (SCOs) capable of tasks from notification of athletes to witnessing of urine sample collection.

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Accrediting DCP for Major Events

To train DCP who are able to serve at the coming major events, JADA created new training curricula
based on its existing courses. For DCOs in particular, they had been accredited after a training course andseveral on-site training sessions (accompanied by a Senior DCO). Instead of the on-site training, the new
curriculum called for a venue mimicking in-competition testing to be set up where trainees are gathered
for a group workshop. This enabled accreditation and training on a greater scale with greater efficiency.
The flow from call for applications to accreditation and training for DCOs and BCOs are as shown below.

The flow of accrediting Doping Control Officers (DCOs) for major events
E-learning and online workshops
Dispatch for testing
Recruiting

Application
andscreening

Training
courseCandidates approved based on
documentation undergo an
aptitude test

TrainingGroupworkshopCandidates to remain are
selected after an interview anda practical exam at the end of
the course

WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop(Introduction)(Intermediate)(Major Event)

After accreditation, a Senior
DCO accompanies the new DCO
for OJT before the new DCO
handles testing alone

All applicants are screened based on the prescribed application form, and approved candidates
attend a training course and a group workshop. Persons deemed suitable after completing theprocess are accredited as DCOs. Accredited DCOs gain experience at actual sites and attend
various workshops to further their knowledge of anti-doping and to improve their on-site
decisions and teamwork with the aim of becoming DCOs that can serve at major events.

The flow of accrediting Blood Collection Officers (BCOs) for major events
E-learning and online workshops
Dispatch for testing

Application
andscreening

Training
courseFinaldecision

Candidates to remain are selected after aninterview at the end of the course

Since a BCO applicant is required to be a holder of a medical doctor or nursing license, course
attendees (doctors or nurses) are accredited as BCOs once they have learned the basic
procedure and some other information. After accreditation, they serve at actual sites to gain
sufficient experience before major events.

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3.

Recruiting DCOs for Major Events

Ⅰ. Application and screening
Application
andscreening

Training
courseGroupworkshopWorkshop(Introduction)Workshop(Intermediate)

Workshop(Major Event)

Point

Screening for
DCO requirements
and aptitude

Call for applicants on the JADA website (top page)The call for new applicants to become accredited as DCOs for major events wasannounced by several means such as the official websites of JADA and Tokyo 2020
Organising Committee.
JADA performed the screening based on documentation considering whether theapplicant met the requirements and the applicant’s aptitude for being a DCO.
Requirements for applicants had already included points such as “can comply with confidentiality
requirements” to respect the privacy of athletes. In preparation for major events, “Can
communicate in English” was added because the language is used as a lingua franca.

Application requirements (excerpt)●

Is 20 to 66 years of age●

Can comply with confidentiality requirements●

Can do tasks that requires walking for a long period (two to three hours)●

Has an academic ability of graduation from secondary school, or higher●

Can communicate in Japanese (because the course, materials, etc. are in Japanese)●

Can build favorable interpersonal relationships (can facilitate smooth communication, etc.)●

Can communicate in English with foreign nationals (a TOEIC score of 550 or equivalent, or higher)●

Can comply with the principles and the codes of conduct of JADA and the organising committee of the event33. Recruiting DCOs for Major Events
Ⅱ. Training course
Application
andscreening

Training
courseGroupworkshopWorkshop(Introduction)Workshop(Intermediate)

Workshop(Major Event)

Point

Gaining basic
knowledge and skills
for doping control
based on a textbook
Lecture by a member of the JADA Athlete Committee

Ahead of the training course, trainees were given an opportunity through e-learning to study thebasics of doping control and the flow of the testing procedure.
The program was structured so that attendees learn the basic doping control procedures based on a
textbook (course material on page 24) (according to the curriculum below). Specifically, the doping control
procedures were broken up into settings, and each setting was developed into a set of explanation of theprocedure by a lecturer, a video of the procedure (course material on page 24), and practical training.
In the practical training, attendees used the kits used in real testing. In pairs, they took turns playing
the role of the DCO and the athlete. One currently active DCO was assigned to two pairs during thepractical training to advise and instruct the trainees.
On the second day of the course, a member of the JADA Athlete Committee gave a presentation on
doping control from the standpoint of an athlete and told trainees the importance of the DCO role.

Course overview
Dates

FY2017: Two days in November 2017 (in Minato City, Tokyo)
FY2018: Schedule A: Two days in June 2018 (in Minato City, Tokyo)
Schedule B: Two days in July 2018 (in Minato City, Tokyo)

Curriculum

Day 1Anti-doping overview●

Lecture by a member of the JADA Athlete Committee●

Doping Control overview●

Partial sample collection procedure●

Advance preparation, notification●

Additional sample collection procedure●

Modifications for testing athletes with an impairment●

Sample transportation

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Day 2

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Arriving at the doping control
station to filling in the notification form●

Witnessing urine sample collection●

Sealing the sample●

Tasks after sealing the sample

The curriculum is of FY2018 Schedule A.

Practical exam

Practical training: learning the procedure with advice from a currently active DCO

After finishing the curriculum, trainees were subjected to a practical exam and an interview to selecttrainees for the next step, the group workshop. The practical exam was to confirm whether the
candidate could carry out the entire test flow within the allotted time and how much of the two-day
course the candidate understood. The one-on-one interview was conducted by JADA staff, andquestions to candidates included what motivated them to apply, how often they would be able toserve, and how enthusiastic they were. Witnessing urine sample collection is a task specific to doping
control, and it was confirmed that candidates understood what the task entails and that they wish to
be accredited as a DCO.

Interview

I want to be one of them

SHIGETA Toshiko

I attended the DCO training course in 2017. I applied because I am a licensed pharmacist
and sports pharmacist, and I wanted to be involved in some way with Tokyo 2020.
At the course, in part because I had repeatedly viewed the videos that had been madeavailable in advance, I was able to complete the doping control procedure. But what left
the strongest impression on me wasn’t what I learned. It was the refreshing atmosphere.
The Olympian who gave us a lecture, the already-accredited DCOs that taught me kindly
in my inexperience, the JADA staff who were working hard to run the course, and others—
the ambience created by the people working to safeguard the cleanness of sport was
something that I hadn’t experienced before in the many settings I have been in as aworking person. I remember that, by the time I had finished the course, I had renewed
my desire that I want to be one of them and join in their activity.
My testing experience has exceeded 100 since I went to my first site in February 2018. In
the beginning, I was overseen by a lead DCO and carried out tests nervously, but now, I
am trying to create a setting where the athlete can be relaxed as I test. Maybe this isbecause I am old enough to be their parent, but often, an athlete is nervous and cannot
pass urine, but it works if I am witnessing. I am happy for that.

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Ⅲ. Group workshop
Application
andscreening

Training
courseGroupworkshopWorkshop(Introduction)Workshop(Intermediate)

Workshop(Major Event)

Point

Practical training
simulating
the actual setting
The stage for the simulation workshop was set to imitate in-competition
testing as much as possible, including mixed zones

Three group workshops were held over FY2017 and FY2018.
The focus of the group workshops was to set up the site to imitate the setting of actual doping
control as much as possible—including the facilities, the program, and the staff—so that trainees
would experience the tense atmosphere in the simulation workshop.
As to facilities, in addition to four doping control stations, a waiting room for athletes and eight processing rooms wererecreated. In the competition site area, traffic flow was regulated as at a real site, with mixed zones and areas DCOs
cannot enter, so that trainees could experience all settings from notification of athletes to completion of testing.

As to the program, three sports with different criteria for selecting athletes for doping control were prepared.
Athletics (sprint)

Weightlifting

Rugby

Athletes are selected forAthletes are selected for doping control

Athletes are selected for

doping control byby the total points and place of

doping control

the place of finish

finish after all athletes have competed

randomly from both teams

Course overview

Dates

FY2017: Two days in January 2018 (in Minato City, Tokyo)
FY2018: Schedule A: Two days in July 2018 (in Minato City, Tokyo)
Schedule B: Two days in August 2018 (in Minato City, Tokyo)

Curriculum

Day 1
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Interview of IDCOs¹
DCO group discussion with currently
active DCOs
Preparation for testing, demonstration of opening
packaging, and instruction of chaperones²●

Simulation workshop: Normal sample●

Simulation workshop: Partial sample●

Simulation workshop: Additional sample

Day 2
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Simulation workshop: Foreign athlete●

Simulation workshop: Minor athlete●

Simulation workshop: Partial sample●

Demonstration of sample transportation

The curriculum is of Schedule A.
¹ IDCO: International DCO. The qualification held by DCOs
dispatched to international events held overseas.
² Chaperone: A person who carries out notification of athletes
and accompanies athletes to a doping control station (DCS) under
instructions of a lead DCO or a DCO. Many are event volunteers.

Staff in athlete roles were assembled for thesimulation workshop to anticipate settings ofvarious sports with different criteria for selecting
athletes for doping control, including athletics(above) and weightlifting (below)

Group discussion with currently active DCOs

In addition to normal sample, partial sample, and additional sample, the scenarios included when theathlete selected for doping control is a foreign athlete and when it is a minor athlete, for a total of five
scenarios. It was arranged so that trainees would not know which scenario was assigned until they notified
the athlete.
Volunteers with no knowledge of anti-doping were purposely assigned as staff in athlete roles so thattrainees could experience accompanying athletes who do not know the procedure. Foreign volunteers wereassigned to foreign athlete roles so that trainees could experience performing doping control in English.
Many currently active DCOs also attended to instruct and check the skills of lead DCOs and trainees.
After the conclusion of the group workshop, decisions as to whether each trainee passed were made basedon the result of the skill check by currently active DCOs. Those that passed were accredited as DCOs. These
accredited DCOs were given on-the-job training at one or two actual sites accompanied by a Senior DCO.

Interview

JADA is serious about thisKURAMOCHI Kota

The two days of the group workshop totaled 680 minutes of practical training simulation.
I felt almost dizzy when I first saw the curriculum. However, now that I am at sites as a DCO,
I see that the content had been very elaborately thought out. One aspect was that many
competition scenarios had been prepared. Situations we are likely to encounter in actual
testing sites were skillfully woven into scenarios, like a staff playing the role of an athlete
voicing a complaint during doping control. I can definitely say that not a second was wasted inthat gem of time that showed how serious JADA is about this.
What left an impression on me at the group workshop was the words of someone who wasalready a DCO: “Doping control is not just about collecting urine. We need to have the attitude
that our job is to protect athletes.” This made me realize that, though I feel the heavy
responsibility that I may change the course of an athlete’s life, I can contribute to the worth of
an athlete, which could lead to raising the worth of sports and the world. This motivated me.
Even today, I always bring my textbook from the workshop with me to testing sites. One
reason is to remind me not to forget the basics, and another is to warn myself that the mostdangerous time is when I’ve become familiar with it. It’s like a protective charm for me.

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Training DCOs for Major Events

Workshops were held between February 2019 and January 2020 to train DCOs that canserve at major events—for DCOs that were newly accredited in FY2017 or FY2018 andfor DCOs that had been accredited in FY2016 or earlier and were already serving.
Workshops were held in three levels—Introduction, Intermediate, and Major Event—and aimed to build competencies required for the upcoming major events: autonomy,skill, and teamwork.

Ⅳ. Workshop (Introduction)
Application
andscreening

Training
courseGroupworkshopWorkshop(Introduction)Workshop(Intermediate)

Workshop(Major Event)

Point

Building DCO
skills and teamwork,
practical training in
out-of-competition

English workshop with trainees divided into two groups

testing at a hotel

The workshop for DCOs for major events (Introduction) was held with participating DCOs
divided into three groups, with each scheduled over two days. Trainees at this workshop
were new DCOs trained in FY2017 and later, joined by DCOs who had been accredited in
FY2016 or earlier and expressed the desire to serve as DCOs for major events.

English workshop
Skill
Trainees were divided into the two groups Beginner and Advanced depending on their English
competency, and English conversation instructors who are native English speakers were invited for theworkshop. In the Beginner class, for trainees who did not necessarily have enough English skills, thefocus was ways to communicate—such as “Could you speak a little slower?” and phrases to ask the otherperson to bring the English level down—instead of learning technical terms used in doping control.
JADA Q&A Teamwork
The goal was to build the relationship that JADA and DCOs are a team working toward the same goal.
To answer all questions concerning anti-doping, not just those about doping control procedure, it was
attended by the person at the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee responsible for anti-doping, the JADA
CEO, and persons from JADA’s Testing, Education, and Results Management & Science departments.

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JADA’s ideal DCO
JADA defined the competencies required of DCOs for
major events as the following three elements.

AutonomySkill
A DCO will be able to serve actively at major events by having an English competency tocommunicate with athletes and DCOs from other countries for doping control and byimproving doping control skills to respond appropriately to various conditions.

The ideal
DCO

Teamwork
Doping control will proceed more smoothly when it is undertaken with theunderstanding that JADA and a DCO, and DCOs with each other, areworking together on the same team.

Skill

Teamwork

Autonomy
Each DCO is to understand the World Anti-Doping Code—the basic rules of
doping control—, the international standard, and other resources and beable to make decisions autonomously.
All workshops, from Introduction to Major Event, were organized to improve these three elements.

Course overview
Dates

Schedule A: Two days in February 2019 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)
Schedule B: Two days in April 2019 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)
Schedule C: Two days in May 2019 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)

Curriculum

Day 1

Day 2

●

Lecture by a member of the JADA Athlete Committee●

Out-of-competition testing simulation workshop●

The trend toward Tokyo 2020●

Blood sample collection procedure lecture●

Workshop: English workshop●

Blood sample collection procedure training●

Workshop: JADA Q&A●

Workshop: Team building

The curriculum is of Schedule A (with out-of-competition testing).

Team building Teamwork
Doping control is conducted with DCOs from various regions
assembled on testing day, and at times, DCOs are placed in ateam with someone they just met that day. This is similar to
the team formation of airline cabin crew. Because of this andbecause the company has a rich store of hospitality
know-how, instructors were invited from ANA Systems Co.,
Ltd. to teach how to unite a team, including the importanceof people to an organization and the importance ofcommunication to an organization.
Out-of-competition testing
simulation workshop
Skill
Autonomy
At the out-of-competition testing simulation workshop,with the cooperation of the hotel being used as the venue,
the rooms the trainees were staying in were used.
Trainees learned how to conduct tests with limited
facilities in a limited environment, unlike in-competition
testing. Trainees were paired up, and one played theathlete, and the other played the DCO. A Senior DCO
served as the instructor and offered advice.

Practical training in out-of-competition testing (Jiji Press)94. Training DCOs for Major Events
Ⅴ. Workshop (Intermediate)
Application
andscreening

Training
courseGroupworkshopWorkshop(Introduction)Workshop(Intermediate)

Workshop(Major Event)

Point

Learning a paperlesssystem andsharing information
through group work

Practical training in MODOC use

The workshop for DCOs for major events (Intermediate) was held in two groups, in November
and December 2019 as Schedule A and Schedule B.
Paperless training

Skill

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the first Olympic and Paralympic Games
to adopt paperless documents for record-keeping. Paperless testing is also expected to increasefor upcoming major events. For this reason, this workshop included an introduction to apaperless system (MODOC) for future international events, which was held in English.
The training kicked off with an explanation of how to use the system by instructors invited from PWC(Professional Worldwide Controls), the system developer. It was followed by practical training, with atablet issued to each person. Since the entire training was in English, DCOs confident in English werepaired up with DCOs with much doping control experience. They checked that they understood how
to operate the system and the procedure for input, supporting each other in English and testing
experience.

Course overview

Dates

Schedule A: Two days in November 2019 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)
Schedule B: Two days in December 2019 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)

Curriculum

Day 1
●

Sharing information ahead of Tokyo 2020●

Paperless training

Day 2
●

Paperless training●

Group work

The curriculum is of Schedule A.

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DCOs debated among themselves on case studies in the group work

Ahead of the group work, DCOs with more experience shared their stories

Group work Teamwork

Autonomy

On the second day of the workshop, group work of case studies was held as a part of training
DCOs to think autonomously. To carry out doping control procedures smoothly in circumstancesand environments that vary completely, DCOs must increase their own experience, but it is also
important to learn the experiences of other DCOs to prepare for situations that can be
anticipated. Therefore, at the start of the group work, DCOs with much experience shared somerare cases they had experienced. Then, for case studies, seven based on actual cases wereconsidered, including what to do when an athlete feels he or she cannot urinate. Each case wasdiscussed as a group for about 10 minutes, then was debated by everyone as to what would be
the best response.

Interview

I was impressed by the frankness of an experienced DCO

KOBAYASHI Akemi

When I attended the training course and the group workshop in 2018, that was before we wereaccredited as DCOs, and our relationship with JADA staff and instructors was that of student andteacher. What impressed me about the three workshops that started with Introduction was theatmosphere there: all of us, including DCOs who had been accredited before us, were one teamworking toward the same objective. There were DCOs who had already been serving a lot and those
who had been accredited just a few years earlier, and I think I learned a lot from even the off-topic
chats.
The person I especially remember is one of the more experienced DCOs who related to us, at the
beginning of the group work, a time she made a mistake. She was younger than me, but she wasalways kind to us newer DCOs and answered all our questions carefully in a way that was easy tounderstand. I listened to her share her failure—candidly and not overly dramatically—in front of somany people, and I felt that if I were an athlete, I would want her to perform my test.
Testing is done by humans, and anyone can make a mistake. What is important is how we fix it.
Through the workshop, I was able to learn how to deal with different accidents and the code that isthe basis for the answers. In this way, I feel that I made progress as a DCO.

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4. Training DCOs for Major Events
Ⅵ. Workshop (Major Event)Application
andscreening

Training
courseGroupworkshopWorkshop(Introduction)Workshop(Intermediate)

Workshop(Major Event)

Point

Increasing understandingof parasports, confirming
procedures for Tokyo 2020,and mastering
the paperless system
Panel discussion of instructors who are involved with parasports

The workshop for DCOs for major events (Major Event) was held in two groups, inJanuary and February 2020. DCOs who had the desire to serve at the Tokyo 2020
Olympic and Paralympic Games and had the suitable skills participated in thisworkshop.

About parasports

Autonomy

On the first day of the workshop was a panel discussion to adapt to doping control for the Paralympics.
Persons involved with impairment sports associations were invited as panelists, and they used cases toshow that the type of impairment—quadriplegia, vision impairment, or cerebral palsy, for example—has
a bearing on anticipated adaptation in doping control and what DCP need to be careful of in doping control.
DCOs reaffirmed the need to understand each athlete’s circumstances and adapt to the individual.

Course overview
Dates

Schedule A: Two days in January 2020 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)
Schedule B: Two days in February 2020 (in Chiyoda City, Tokyo)

Curriculum

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Day 1

Day 2

●

About parasports●

Interacting with volunteers●

Managing a doping control station●

DCSM*¹/CC*² session●

Doping control procedures unique to the event●

Practical training on the paperless system●

Out-of-competition testing at the athletes’ village●

Adapting to irregular circumstances●

Coordinating with medical departments*¹ DCSM: Doping Control Station Manager.
The person responsible for a doping control station.
*² CC: Chaperone Coordinator.
The person who manages and directs chaperones.

Practical training on thepaperless system to be
used at Tokyo 2020

Lecture on the doping control system to be
used at Tokyo 2020

The DCO uniform for Tokyo 2020 was displayed at the venue

Serving at Tokyo 2020

Skill

On days 1 and 2, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee presented lectures on serving at the Games. It included mattersconnected directly to doping control, including how to run a doping control station, doping control procedures unique to the Games,
and coordinating with medical departments and volunteers. Other information concerning the Games were related, including when
and where uniforms would be distributed and how to sort trash at the Games. An actual sample of the uniform to be worn by DCOs
at the Games was displayed at the entrance of the workshop venue to raise the attendees’ anticipation and awareness.
Practical training on the paperless system Teamwork

Autonomy

The second day of the workshop was practical training on the paperless system. DCOs had learned the basics of its operation in
the Intermediate workshop in pairs, and this workshop presented a more realistic situation, with groups of about nine members
working together to confirm the flow of the entire doping control process from notification of athletes to sample transportation.

Interview

Another aspect of the legacy

OGAWA Atsushi

When I was accredited as a DCO in 2016, most of the applicants had been involved in
sports. I attended this workshop with DCOs accredited in 2018, and I was surprised thatthey come from diverse backgrounds—even employees of non-sport companies andhousewives. We often hear of the “Olympic legacy,” and I think this expansion of thehuman resources involved in anti-doping is one aspect.
It’s been a little over four years since I started. I still have much to learn, so when I meet
people, I tell them, “I look like a senior, but I’m still a junior inside.” I’m not good withEnglish, and in the Introduction workshop, I was extremely thankful to learn phrases suchas those I could use when the athlete is in a bad mood after a loss. I also struggled withusing the paperless system that I experienced for the first time in the Intermediate
workshop. In the Major Event workshop, I gained precious insight into interacting withathletes with visual or intellectual impairments, which I had not experienced.
I tend to worry, so I always prepare thoroughly. I will repeatedly recall what I noticed and learnedat the workshop and digest it for myself, and I hope to play a part in the Games so that athletes
from abroad can have a pleasant experience and go home afterward with a “Thank you!”

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Initiatives Immediately Preceding
Tokyo 2020

Ⅰ. Paperless system online workshop

Point

Improving skills further
with a DCO-DCO
support system
An input screen on the paperless system

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were delayed due to the spread of COVID-19,
and the workshop on the paperless system that had been planned in person was held online.
Details
A tablet and a mobile Wi-Fi router were lent to each DCO scheduled to serve at the Games. Each week, one assignment
assuming a case of testing to be performed at the Games was released (a total of eight assignments), and each DCO
worked on it. Station Manager (DCSM) candidates were also given assignments of sample transportation using thepaperless system. Each assignment was accompanied by an explanation video. DCOs learned the correct proceduresin using the system and the basics of how to use a tablet, and answers to DCO questions were shared with everyone.
Such features were designed to allow DCOs to master the use of the system, even in an online setting.
Further, a DCO-DCO support system was established, in which a DCO familiar with using a tablet is paired up with one
who is not and teaches the partner the procedure for using the paperless system. This opportunity was established for
DCOs to learn more deeply, online and in other settings, about the procedure for using the paperless system and how
to use a tablet. In the end, 25 pairs used this system.

Course overview

Dates

December 2020 to February 2021

Curriculum●[Assignment 1] In-competition testing of triathlon (urine test, normal sample)●[Assignment 2] In-competition testing of artistic gymnastics (urine test, partial sample)●[Assignment 3] Out-of-competition testing (urine test, additional sample)●[Assignment 4] In-competition testing of wrestling (urine test, additional and partial sample)●[Assignment 5] Out-of-competition testing (urine and blood test, normal sample)●[Assignment 6] A separate test detail for each DCO●[Assignment 7] Out-of-competition testing (urine and blood test, partial sample)●[Assignment 8] Out-of-competition testing (urine and blood test, additional sample)

Voice: DCO - DCO support
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I was able to learn in detail what to pay attention to in a blood test, including questions that may arise and how to answer them.
I was able to check my understanding of the flow of testing and when to input things into the system.
In addition to the basic use of the paperless system, I was able to learn how to make better use of the tablet andshorten the time it takes to conduct a test.

Ⅱ. Paperless system workshop

Point

Rehearsal at
the event venue
Simulated testing led by a person in the DCSM role, as at the actual event

A month ahead of the Games, a simulation workshop was held at the doping control station in the athletes’
village. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this workshop was held with infection prevention measures in place.
Attendees were assigned to one of 10 sessions, each attended by a small group of about 20 to 25 persons.
Attendees used the actual notification forms and sample collection equipment to be used for the Games andused a tablet to practice the flow from notification to input of athlete information to the doping control
procedure at the processing room.
Details
Attendees were divided into two groups. One group played the DCO members participating in one
in-competition testing. As at the actual event, they were assigned the roles of DCSM, CC, DCO, and athlete andlearned the actions and use of the paperless system assigned to each role.
Attendees in athlete roles were given about 10 prepared scenarios (such as the urine collected the first time being
not enough and blood collection not being completed after three needle insertions) to give DCOs the opportunity
to experience advanced procedures in addition to reviewing the assignments of the online workshop.

Course overview

Dates

June 2021 (in Chuo City, Tokyo)

Curriculum●

Workshop overview●

Simulated mission(first half)

●

Q&A

●

Simulated mission●

Q&A(second half)

DCOs who attended tookturns playing the role of theathlete and the DCO
Test supplies used were the same as the actual event

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6.

Recruiting and Training BCOs
for Major Events

Ⅰ.Ⅱ. Application and screening
Application
andscreening

Training
courseFinaldecision

Point

Training BCOs with
SCO qualification
The training course for BCOs for major events was held in two groups, in June and July 2019.
Tokyo 2020 requires persons who can serve as SCOs, including notification and urine sample
collection, not just perform the tasks of BCOs. For this reason, in addition to new applicants,
persons who have already qualified as BCOs were accepted as trainees to learn notification
and witnessing urine sample collection. The call for new applicants was announced with thecooperation of Tokyo Nursing Association. Persons who were accredited immediately started
on-site testing, and opportunities for continued learning were provided through e-learning.

Training course overview
Dates

Schedule A: June 2019 (in Chuo City, Tokyo)
Schedule B: July 2019 (in Chuo City, Tokyo)

Curriculum●

Difference from medical settings●

Coordination between BCOs and doctors●

Blood collection complications and countermeasures●

Blood sample collection demonstration●

Filling in documents●

WorkshopInterview

The joy of being involved in sport, which I love
What I noticed from attending the training course is that the procedure is very finely set. The
blood collection itself is the same as the usual nursing work, but the minute details in theprocedure that needs to be followed before and after that emphasized to me the responsibilityof safeguarding the cleanness of sport. Athletes are asked to read their rights and responsibilities
at notification, but I feel that, as a BCO, I bear part of that responsibility.
Since I am a parent, I serve mostly for out-of-competition testing, which does not require me to staylong-term. Often, I need to collect blood where there are no tables or chairs, and I constantly have in mind
to do what is basic to nursing—to create an environment where I feel comfortable performing my tasks.
I participated in the Rugby World Cup in 2019 with out-of-competition testing. I would
like to serve at for Tokyo 2020 as much as possible, as well. The BCO’s role carries a

OTANI Yumi

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heavy responsibility, but the joy that I can be useful for clean sport is what drives me.

7.

Experiences at Major Events

JADA has dispatched DCP to major events and other events, held both in Japan and in other countries (seetable below). This is to raise the skills of JADA-trained DCP and for them to accumulate international
experience. It is also a way for JADA to contribute internationally. JADA interviewed some DCP who
participated in events in FY2017 or more recently. Here are their experiences (what they learned and noticed).

List of events dispatched to (FY2017 and later)
Event

Dispatch period*

Interview/Discussion

29th Summer Universiade (Taipei 2017)

August 2017

ー5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Game (Ashgabat 2017)

September 2017

ー

23rd Olympic Winter Games (PyeongChang 2018)

February 2018

ーPyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

March 2018

P.15

18th Asian Games (Jakarta - Palembang 2018)

Aug. to Sep. 2018

P.16

9th Rugby World Cup (Japan)

Sep. to Nov. 2019

P.16

17th World Athletics Championships (Doha)

Sep. to Oct. 2019P.17

30th Southeast Asian Games (Philippines)

Nov. to Dec. 2019P.17

32nd Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020)

July to Aug. 2021

P.20-23

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Aug. to Sep. 2021

P.20-23* The dispatch period was different for each DCP.

PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games▶Event dates: Mar. 9–18, 2018 / Participating athletes: 569 (from 48 countries and regions)Interview
Photo: AP/Aflo

It reaffirmed for me the social grace of Paralympians

This was my third time participating in the Paralympics, following the Vancouver WinterGames in 2010 and the London Games in 2012. I had always felt that Paralympians excel
in social grace, and I felt this even more strongly at the PyeongChang Winter Games.
Athletes selected for doping control are not necessarily medalists. There are those fullof anguish at a loss, and many are utterly exhausted, but everyone enthusiasticallysubmitted to doping control. All the Paralympians had surmounted their impairment,
had won domestic competitions with hard work upon hard work, and had made it tothis world stage. With their curious looks about the waiting room, their entire being
was testifying to their joy of becoming someone worthy of being tested. It was suchan honor for me as a DCO to be able to test such athletes.

ISHIDA Yuko

At the accommodations for DCP, my roommates were from South Africa andUkraine. I fondly remember having inconsequential chats with them and making
snowmen with the South African DCO who had never seen snow before.
For the Olympics and the Paralympics, the many who come from overseas include
DCOs, not just athletes. I’d like to support Tokyo 2020 with all I have so that they
will be able to remember it as a good event.

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7. Experiences at Major Events
18th Asian Games (Jakarta - Palembang 2018)▶Event dates: Aug. 18–Sep. 2, 2018 / Participating athletes: 11,300 (from 45 countries and regions)Interview
Photo: Reuters/AfloThe earnestness I want to imitate

I had been a DCO for 13 years, but this was my first time serving overseas. I can speak only alittle English, but I think I was chosen to be among the dispatched because there will be more
major events in Japan.
At this event, I served for in-competition and out-of-competition testing for three sports, mostly
bicycle events. The team I was assigned to, though it went through some member changes,
was a very international one: a German cluster manager, an American lead DCO, local DCOs
and chaperones, and me and another DCO. At the first meeting, I tried to participate as muchas possible, though clumsily. This had the effect of making everyone aware of my English level,
and I think it made communication afterward easier.
What I strongly noticed in my experience there was the earnestness toward doping control

KOKUBU Yuji

demonstrated by the cluster manager and the lead DCO. As expected, things were carried out
rigorously according to the World Anti-Doping Code, and we were thorough in double-checking.
Of course, it is not that the doping control system in Japan is not good. Several days after doping
control started, the work of us JADA DCOs was recognized, and we were trusted to serve
somewhat independently. But I really felt the rigor unique to an international event, and since myreturn, I am conscious of the “major event standard” as I conduct doping control.

9th Rugby World Cup (Japan)▶Event dates: Sep. 20–Nov. 2, 2019 / Participating athletes: 620 (from 20 countries and regions)Interview
Photo: Yohei Osada/AfloSportMy fond memory is that nothing happened

For this event, each venue had two fixed DCOs, and the other DCOs were assigned inrotation to the venues. Three chaperones were assigned to each match. I was a fixed
DCO assigned to a venue.
My personal memory of the event was that it ended without any incidents worthy ofmentioning. Only the lead DCO was a non-Japanese person—dispatched from World
Rugby, the governing body—and communicating well with this person was the only
thing that made this different from our usual domestic events. I heard that, after the
event, World Rugby said that JADA's DCOs are great because they are meticulous, andI felt that we were indeed able to carry out doping control without a hitch.
When I started to serve as Senior DCO about two years ago, I became more conscious of

AOKI Tetsuya

team management. I’m especially mindful of the fact that a team doesn’t work when the
person responsible is too elevated. I’m always working to create an atmosphere and systemthat would enable all members of the team to give their honest opinions. Many persons
involved in doping control will come from overseas for Tokyo 2020, so some things willprobably be different from this event. I want to make sure we keep our feet on the ground,make “stick to the basics” our motto, and serve so that the Games can end without incident.

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17th World Athletics Championships (Doha)▶Event dates: Sep. 27–Oct. 6, 2019 / Participating athletes: 1,772 (from 206 countries and regions)Interview
Photo: AP/AfloMy first experience with paperless

The doping control system at this event was paperless. JADA DCOs, including me, received
their first instruction on how to use the system on a tablet. In actual use, I heard that there
were some incidents: a sudden transmission error prevented information from being
updated, and the first sample data of an athlete who had an additional sample taken had
disappeared. But I felt that it would be a very useful system once people are used to it.
After I returned, I reported this to JADA and shared the information I had. I think we will
be using it in more settings, so this was a precious experience for me.
Everyone else on the team I was assigned to were local DCOs and chaperones. Briefings would,
you’d expect, be easier in Arabic, but everything was done in English.
What I learned from those local DCOs and chaperones throughout the event was the strong will

SHIMADA Mikako

that we’re all going to make the event successful. The team used WhatsApp to exchange ideas,
and the page was filled with thoughts of appreciation for each other, not just specific points to
pay attention to. When mistakes and incidents happened on site, many times, I saw the teambacking each other up, and it affirmed to me the importance of teamwork.
At large events like the Olympics and Paralympics, it’s expected that DCP will comeunder a lot of stress, so I would like us, as a team, to help each other out.

30th Southeast Asian Games (Philippines)▶Event dates: Nov. 30–Dec. 11, 2019 / Participating athletes: 5,630 (from 11 countries and regions)Interview
Photo: AP/Aflo

Learning the desire to learn

I think the mission for me and the other DCOs dispatched to this event was, of course,
to increase our own international experience, but also to enlighten the local doping
control staff on education. When we got there, the DCOs, BCOs, chaperones, and eventhe person responsible for doping control were young, with insufficient experience.
Further, the doping control station we were led to was not prepared at all. We had tostart at setting up tables and partitions, something we would not have experienced inJapan.
What touched me the most was their desire to learn and their attitude. Perhaps it’strue that right now, Japan’s knowledge and experience are more advanced, but I
wouldn’t be surprised if 10 or 20 years from now, we are the ones learning from them.

OCHIAI Takashi

The DCOs that were so nervously stiff in the beginning were behaving very like doping
control personnel by the final day, and the team was also functioning well.
It has been just a few years since I started serving as Senior DCO. This event was my firsttime acting as a lead DCO. I would like to experience more international events and learn theknowledge and experience of countries more advanced in doping control, then relay them toJapan and Asian countries. This event was a good impetus for me to resolve to do this.

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7. Experiences at Major Events

SAITO Naoto
A Senior DCO accredited in
2011. Served as a DCSM
for in-competition testingat both the Olympic andParalympic Games.

MIYATAKE Hiromitsu

KOMATSU Miho
A DCO accredited in2017. Served as a CC at
both the Olympic andParalympic Games.

HavingHaving Served
Served at
at
Tokyo
Tokyo 2020
2020

A

A DCO accredited in 2018.
Served as a DCO at eightvenues for the Olympic
Games and four venues
for the Paralympic Games.

YONEKURA Yuka

DCP

A BCO/SCO accredited in
2019. Served as a BCO atmany venues for both theOlympic and Paralympic
Games.

Discussion

At Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, many DCP trained by JADA performed doping
control alongside DCOs from other countries and contributed to the realization of a cleanGames. DCP who were involved in various roles—DCSM, CC, DCO, and BCO—were invited to
discuss what happened at the Games and what they gained from serving at the Games.

Topic

Preparing for Tokyo 2020

vision impaired persons, though it ended up not being
necessary.
Athletes arrive at the doping control station tired after
competing, and as the DCSM, the manager of the doping
control station, I want to lessen the burden on them andHow did you prepare to attend
Tokyo 2020?

get them out of the station as quickly as possible. I tried
to prepare as much as
possible to do so.

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SAITO▶In doping control, if you follow a procedure

KOMATSU▶I was able tothat is not the usual one, the details must be recorded

participate in internationalon the report. So, I prepared numerous template

events like Asian Games

reporting phrases for special cases that I could

Jakarta - Palembang 2018

anticipate, both in Japanese and in English.

andAlso, the sport that I was assigned to for in-competition

2019. The Asian Games

testing for at the Paralympics had athletes with visionthat I was dispatched to

impairment. I therefore told the DCOs on my team toright after being accredited

learn to use the “Invert Colors” feature on the iPad for

as

DCO

left

World

a

Cup

strongOrigami crafts placed at the

▶

Rugby

entrance to the DCS to try tolessen athletes’ nervousnessimpression. The experience of doping control as a

SAITO▶I really empathize with Mr. Miyatake. But

team as I communicated with DCOs from various

mistakes are bound to happen. When an error iscountries and with local chaperones gave me

encountered, how do we fix it? I think it is theconfidence for Tokyo 2020.

responsibility of the DCSM, the leader, to create

As for parasports, however, I had little testing

an atmosphere for team members to feel that aexperience, and I felt unsure. I was thankful for the

mistake is not the end of everything.

JADA workshop that gave me an opportunity to learn
about parasports (editor’s note: see page 12). A DCO
with

more

experience

mentioned

that

most

Paralympians can take care of themselves, so we
don’t need to feel like we always must help. This

Topic

Something experienced only at
the Olympic and Paralympic Games

helped relieve my tension.
YONEKURA▶ I had just been accredited as a BCO
in 2019, and Tokyo 2020 was my first major event.
Perhaps it was a good thing that I had more time offwork because of the coronavirus pandemic. I had

Mr. Saito, you’ve experienced many
international events, but is it true that
this was your first time to serve at the
Olympic and Paralympic Games?

more opportunities to experience various testing
before Tokyo 2020. In some settings, I felt thatSAITO▶Yes. The scale was very different from other

doping control in such a circumstance would beevents. For example, for doping control management,

impossible, but we got through it with the brilliant

a normal event would require talking to one person

support of veteran DCOs. I felt confident for Tokyo

who oversees the venue. However, at Tokyo 2020, we

2020, more because I felt assured things would turn

had to also negotiate with members of very numerous

out OK thanks to such company than because I was

departments. This included those involved in venue

confident in myself.

management and the medal ceremony, and medical

MIYATAKE▶ I was accredited as a DCO in 2018,

personnel. At the beginning of the Games, I wasbut before the Games started, I had more worries

anxious with the volume of tasks.

than confidence. That was because I had made a

What helped in efficient management was the use of the

big mistake at the training course, making me

whiteboard in the DCSM office. We listed the name andafraid that I wouldn’t even be accredited. Evennationality of the athlete selected for doping control,

after I was accredited, I felt conflicted, doubting

along with the DCO and chaperone handing testing, andwhether I qualified to carry out doping control

other information such as the progress of testing. Thisthat could change the course of an athlete’s life.

helped manage things smoothly. We even listed detailed

But once I found out that I would be participating

information such as chaperone shifts and whether eachin Tokyo 2020, I made a firm decision to not makeone had taken their meal break. By writing this out on

the same mistake again, and I reviewed all mythe board, each chaperone was able to understand what

notes on what to improve on and what to watch

needed to be done now and act on it.

out for to prepare for the Games.

This was a suggestion by an IDCO who had experienced
the previous Games in Rio de Janeiro. There was an
IDCO from France on the team, so this know-how islikely to be carried forward to the next Games in Paris. I
think such proactive exchange of ideas between DCOs
was facilitated because it was the Olympic andParalympic Games.

Mr. Miyatake, you served at numerous
sports and venues.
MIYATAKE▶Yes, I did. The venues I served at did▶

DCP supported the success of Tokyo 2020 behind the scenes

not make use of a whiteboard, but the DCSM had

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thought of many things for management. It would benice if such know-how could benefit the wholeorganization, not just individuals or specific teams.
I spent 32 days total for the Olympics andParalympics doping control at 12 venues, including
the athletes’ village. What I focused on throughout
the Games was to stay calm. About two days into theGames, I realized that I was conducting tests more
excitedly than I usually had. It’s understandable that
athletes would be worked up on this grand stage, butof the event, we were instructed to follow the processwith the aim of completing the normal urine sample
collection procedure within 20 minutes and the urine
and blood sample collection procedure within 30
minutes. However, if the athlete was not in a hurry

Preparing to carry out doping control smoothly through in-depth
meetings with the DCSM at its center▶

we mustn’t be caught up by it. At a workshop ahead

Ms. Yonekura, you participated in both
the Olympics and the Paralympics as a
BCO/SCO.

and the doping control station was not full, I made it

YONEKURA▶Yes. The Paralympics helped mea point to stay calm and be sure in my doping control

notice many new things.

procedure, even if it took a bit of time.

For example, a question for blood testing was “Hasthe Athlete been seated for ten minutes with theirMs. Komatsu, could you tell us ofsomething that left an impression onyou?

feet on the floor prior to blood collection?” The only
options were “Yes” and “No.” For athletes with one
or no legs, they don’t know which they should
select. Also, two types of needles were available for

KOMATSU▶ The in-competition testing for the

blood sample collection, but there were cases in

Olympics where I served as CC had a DCSM who waswhich blood sample collection was difficult without a

not from Japan, and this meant that being positioned

smaller needle.I felt that we would need to consider

between this DCSM and Japanese chaperones andsituations

ensuring communication was more difficult than I had

operations based on the rules.

anticipated. Chaperones are volunteers, and we don’t

What we worked on for the Paralympics was toknow how many will come or until what time they cancooperate with other BCOs. Depending on theserve until the time comes. We also need to ensure

athlete, minute adjustments—the angle of thethat chaperones would be able to get home on public

needle or how the body is placed—may be necessarytransportation. I had to coordinate and coordinate

for successful blood sample collection. Blood sample

every day, without letup. I even have dreams about it,collection is usually done by one BCO, but in suchthough it’s been a month since the Games havecases, the cooperation of two to three BCOs canfinished! There’s not likely to be anything more frantic

make blood sample collection go smoothly. A systemthan the Olympics, so I think I will be able to respondof such cooperation was established, and it was

flexibly to anything I may face in the future.

followed by the creation of mechanisms such as

SAITO▶At the venue I was assigned to, we also sent

ways to mark rooms so that a glance can identify

chaperones home in time for the last train, so there waswhich rooms need blood sample collection and which

a time when all the DCP were notifying the athletes.

rooms have BCOs inside.

Chaperones are very important in doping control. Since

SAITO▶That is very interesting to hear. I think

there were so many chaperones who did not know

it is difficult to arrange for multiple BCOs inwhere the doping control station was, I made many

usual domestic testing, so perhaps if you could

copies of a hand-drawn map, gave them to the check-in

tell us DCOs how we can support you, such asstaff, and asked them to distribute them to lost

requests to “please do this far,” maybe we canchaperones. I think that helped our work go more

run testing more smoothly.

smoothly.

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uniquetoparasports

andchangeHaving
Having Served
Served at
at
Tokyo
Tokyo 2020
2020

A

Topic

DCP

Discussion

KOMATSU▶I feel this at our usual JADA testing,as well, but the people filling leader roles are

Lessons to apply in future
doping control

very aware of the whole picture. From their every
word, I could feel that they were observing all
the movement, including CCs, DCOs, and BCOs,

To conclude, please tell us what you gained

and that they were ready to take the final

from the Games and what you would like toresponsibility for whatever happened. It drove

apply in your future.

home to me that I still have much work to do
before I can become a DCSM, but I would like to

SAITO▶Personally, I feel that with preparation

continue to watch them and learn.

before the Games and previewing the venue, there
was more that I could have done in advance.
As a DCSM, I wish I could have conveyed morepassionately my hopes that each DCP serves withthe pride of a professional, certain that we are goingto accomplish our mission. I think that being
unafraid of failure and fully fulfilling the role assigned
to us culminates in the success of an event.
YONEKURA▶As I served with different DCP atdifferent venues, I came to realize that there is no“perfect score.” Even when I feel I had done perfectly,
it is not necessarily so, depending on the culture or
the viewpoint. There is no need to feel down that I did
not do a perfect job, but I still need to work toward
perfection. That is what I realized at the Games.
MIYATAKE▶I had not been someone who showsmyfeelings,

andneither

did

I

have

many

opportunities to take the initiative to speak out. But at
the Games, as I interacted with DCP and athletes
from around the world, I acutely realized theimportance of communication. I would like to express
my thoughts and emotions a little more from now on.

A framed phots and a letter Mr. Saito’s team gave to an
IDCO after the end of testing

Pick Up!
DCOs from other countries also
served at Tokyo 2020
Since 2013, JADA has worked on a project to invite
IDCOs to participate in doping control in Japan,
mainly as a part of training DCOs in the countries
and regions of Asia. Two such DCOs fromSoutheast Asia who participated in Tokyo 2020

Voice
TAN EU LIN EVELYN (left)
Doping control at Tokyo 2020 was
on a scale I had never experienced,
and each day was stimulating.
TANG KWAI FONG (right)
I reconnected with a JADA DCO that I had
performed doping control with in 2019, and it
was a joy that we could test together again.

were TAN EU LIN EVELYN (Malaysia; invited 2017)
and TANG KWAI FONG (Singapore; invited 2019).

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8.

Course materials

The following are the main teaching materials and tools created for and used in training DCP
for major events.

Textbooks
Textbook for the DCO training course
Introduction to Doping Control

Textbook for the BCO training course
Introduction to Doping Control

The textbook was created in 2018 with thegoal of training new DCOs for major events
and was used mainly as the teachingmaterial for the training course. Centeredaround explaining the procedures that serveas the basis for DCO tasks, it explains,sometimes using diagrams, what trainees
should know surrounding anti-doping suchas anti-doping systems around the world.

The textbook was created in 2019 with thegoal of having BCOs gain fundamental
knowledge on anti-doping and BCO tasks
and increase their understanding ofprocedures common to DCP. Centeredaround explaining the procedures thatserve as the basis for BCO tasks, it explains,sometimes using diagrams, what trainees
should know surrounding anti-doping.

●

Textbook contents

Chapter 1 Overview of Anti-Doping●

Chapter 7 Administrative Tasks after
Sealing the Sample

Chapter 2 Overview of Doping Control

Textbook contents

Chapter 1 Overview of Anti-Doping
Chapter 2 Overview of Doping Control

Chapter 3 Notification

Chapter 8 Partial Sample Collection

Chapter 3 Notification

Chapter 4 Arriving at the DCS to

Chapter 9 Additional Sample Collection

Chapter 4 Arriving at the DCS to

Filling in the Notification Form

Chapter 10 Sample Transportation

Chapter 5 Witnessing Urine Sample Collection

Chapter 11 Blood Sample Collection

Chapter 6 Sealing the Sample

Chapter 12 Modifications for Testing

Filling in the Notification Form

Chapter 5 Witnessing
Urine Sample Collection
Chapter 6 Modifications for Testing
Athletes with an Impairment
Chapter 7 Blood Sample Collection

Athletes with an Impairment

SlidesVideosSlides for the DCO training course and for
the BCO training course
The slides were used by instructors at the DCO training course
and the BCO training course. The contents of the textbooks werereorganized in a compact manner and distilled into major points.

Videos of doping control procedures
The videos were used in the course and in e-learning.
They explain the flow of the doping control procedurefrom notification of athletes to sample transportation
so that it is easy to understand. Chapter numbers
were coordinated with the textbook so that theywould be easy to reference when studying at home.

Slides for the DCO training
course (Diagram of the procedureof witnessing urine sample collection) Slides for the BCO training course(Diagram of blood sample collection)

Online teaching materials

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English learning toolfor BCOs

Sample Collection at Major Events

The tool lists phrases often used when ais for learning in

BCO tests a foreign athlete in English,

English about doping

accompanied by the Japanese translation.

control at major

Phrases for unforeseeable accidents, such

events. In addition toas when the volume of blood sample

improving English skills, trainees can also learn

collected is insufficient, are also listed.

about teambuilding at international events.

The e-learning course9.

History of Training DCP for
Major Events

History of Training DCP for Major Events
Dates

Recruiting and training

Dispatch to major events

2017
AugustーSeptemberー29th Summer Universiade (Taipei 2017)
5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games(Ashgabat 2017)

Sep. to Oct.

Call for DCO applicantsー

November

DCO training course heldー

2018
January
February
Feb. to Mar.
March

DCO group workshop heldーFirst call for DCO applicantsーー23rd Olympic Winter Games (PyeongChang 2018)
ーPyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

April

Second call for DCO applicantsーJune to July

DCO training course heldー

July to Aug.

DCO group workshop held

ーー

18th Asian Games (Jakarta - Palembang 2018)

Feb. to May

DCO workshop (Introduction) heldーMay

Call for BCO applicantsーJune to JulyBCO training course heldー

August2019
Sep. to Nov.

ー

9th Rugby World Cup (Japan)

Sep. to Oct.

ー17th World Athletics Championships (Doha)

Nov. to Dec.

DCO workshop (Intermediate) heldー

Nov. to Dec.

ー30th Southeast Asian Games (Philippines)

Jan. to Feb.

DCO workshop (Major Event) heldーDec. to following Feb.

Paperless system online workshop heldー

Paperless system simulation workshop held

ー

2020
2021
June
July to Aug.

ー

32nd Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020)

Aug. to Sep.

ーTokyo 2020 Paralympic Games＊Blue text indicates activities for DCOs, green text for BCOs.

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Final edition : November 2021
First edition : March 2021