NADA India organizes ‘#PlayTrue campaign’ to create awareness about clean sports

• National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), India conducted the #PlayTrue campaign from April 15 to 30, 2024 with over 12,133 participants. Its objective was to promote awareness about the importance of clean sports and anti-doping practices in India.
• The #PlayTrue campaign highlights NADA India’s commitment to equip athletes, coaches and the entire sports community with a deeper understanding of anti-doping rules, empowering them to become champions of clean sport in India.
• Through its interactive activities including #PlayTrue quiz, I am #PlayTrue Ambassador, #PlayTrue pledge and mascot drawing competition, NADA India engaged the participants, thereby promoting a culture of clean and ethical competition.
• The campaign included practical awareness sessions covering all aspects of anti-doping rules. Participants had the opportunity to learn about the consequences of doping in sports, understand supplements, and the role of law enforcement in anti-doping.
• India has emerged as the country with the highest percentage of doping offenders, according to the 2022 testing data released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) last month.
• The report revealed that out of 4,064 samples collected from Indian athletes (including urine, blood and athlete biological passports), 127 individuals tested positive for banned substances, which is 3.26 per cent of the sample size.
• After India, South Africa stands second with 80 doping failures (2.04 per cent of 4,169 samples tested).

04 May 2024