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If you are currently taking medication or your doctor prescribes medication it is extremely important to utilise GLOBAL DRO to check if that medication is prohibited.

Read the information carefully: it will include status for Out of Competition usage, In Competition usage, differences in methods of administration and dosage thresholds where applicable.

It is crucial that Masters athletes consider the following when planning which events to compete at:

DOMESTIC COMPETITIONS

TUE requirements have not changed domestically.

Masters athletes can apply for a RETROACTIVE TUE: ie  after they have been tested and if that test returns a positive result. Masters athletes are not in the eligible group for In Advance TUEs ie issued before a specific event unless that athlete has achieved A Grade and is competing at the WNZ Junior, Senior National Championships.

Our domestic TUEs are issued by the NZ Sport Integrity Commission.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS – IMWA

IMWA is not a WADA signatory, therefore any athlete that requires a TUE for medication cannot have it issued by the NZ Sport Integrity Commission.

If an Athlete competing at a IMWA event requires a TUE you are now required to have an active TUE in place BEFORE the event.

These TUEs are issued by the Hungarian Anti Doping Organisation – HUNADO.

Athletes must apply to IMWA for the TUE – the TUE will cost $900USD.

Athletes who require a TUE must contact cleansport@weightlifting.nz for the specific instructions supplied by this organisation.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS – UMWF

UMWF is not a WADA signatory, therefore any athlete that requires a TUE for medication cannot have it issued by the NZ Sport Integrity Commission.

As UMWF is not a signatory to any other Anti Doping Organisation, Masters athletes entering a UMWF event cannot obtain a TUE.

Direct your queries on TUEs – domestic, under IMWA or UMWF to cleansport@weightlifitng.nz.