Abstract:
Possession of medals at the Olympic Games has always been considered the
most prestigious demonstration of an athlete and the source of his fame in the country.
This led to the fact that athletes themselves or at the insistence of trainers deliberately
took doping substances that stimulate physical performance and mental activity in order
to increase their results without taking into account the athlete's health risks and the IOC
rules prohibiting the use of such substances.
As a result of increasing international efforts to counter the effects of sportsenhancing
drugs, at the end of 1999, the IOC established the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) to test athletes at the upcoming Olympic Games and raise standards for doping
testing. [1] Reforms in the field of literacy of athletes in various sports are undeniable,
given the studies under the auspices of WADA, but despite this, lack of awareness and
awareness of athletes about doping control is currently one of the central problems of
modern sports, since the use of doping by athletes not only causes damage their health,
but also undermines the basics of sports. The lack of awareness of not only athletes, but
also support and other sports personnel makes it difficult to fight in the world. On this
occasion, studies are being conducted in different countries of the world that are aimed
at studying the awareness of athletes and support staff about anti-doping rules.
In recent years, our country has achieved very great success in the sports field in
the international arena. At the same time, Azerbaijan is one of the countries fighting for
fair sport.
Through the efforts of the AMADA agency, anti-doping rules have been adopted
and implemented in accordance with the WADA World Anti-Doping Code. as part of the
fight for fair sports, the national agency periodically holds educational anti-doping
seminars and trainings to improve the literacy of athletes and support staff in the field of
anti-doping. The idea of our study was to study the effectiveness of measures taken in
the country in this direction by conducting a survey using a specially designed
questionnaire.
