Source: www.newsday.co.tt
The Ministry of Sport hosts their 4th Anti-Doping Awareness seminar at the Eastern Regional Indoor Sport Arena, Tacarigua, today.
Today’s session is timed to begin from 9-11 am.
Secondary schools from the district have been invited to send student-athletes, physical education students and teachers and coaches to the seminar.
With support from Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) and Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (TTASPE), the Ministry expects an audience of about 150 persons for the session which gives a background on the World Anti-Doping Agency, reasons why some athletes choose this route, as well as the physical, legal and career-threatening consequences of doping.
Legislation is coming this year to treat with the subject of doping in sport in TT, putting all national athletes and even foreign athletes who compete on TT soil, under the scrutiny of a national anti-doping agency.
National athletes were prominently featured in the seminar series, with former sprinter Hydiane Harper-Simmons on the planning committee.