Athlete Biological Passports
- The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) granted approval to India's National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) to establish an Athlete Passport Management Unit.
- The Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) is a monitoring method focusing on the long-term analysis of biological markers to detect doping, rather than identifying substances or methods directly.
- The ABP creates a personalised profile for each athlete, evolving with new samples and relying on the athlete's own biological data as a reference rather than generalised norms.
- Deviations in biomarkers, such as haemoglobin levels or reticulocyte percentages, are flagged as Atypical Passport Findings (APF) if they significantly differ from the athlete's predicted range, ....
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