Newsletter - New Guidance On Supplements For Athletes

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UK Sport Newsletter | 17 July 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT NEW GUIDANCE ON SUPPLEMENTS FOR ATHLETES UK Sport has this week issued a new position statement to athletes on the use of supplements which stresses the principle of 'strict liability' whilst recognising a 'positive step' in helping athletes assess the risk when making decisions around taking supplements. Read more UK SPORT APPOINTS FINANCE DIRECTOR UK Sport have announced that Chris Walker has joined the organisation as Finance Director. Meanwhile, UK Sport's 2007/08 Annual Report is also available to download. Read more BEIJING EDUCATION PROGRAMME ENSURES ATHLETES ARE FULLY AWARE With Beijing fast approaching, UK Sport's anti-doping education programme, 100% ME, has delivered close to 30 'sprint sessions' to those athletes heading for China this summer – ensuring they are fully aware of their roles and responsibilities during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read more LOCOG ROLE FOR ILP PARTICIPANT Charlotte O'Neill, a participant in UK Sport's International Leadership Programme (ILP), has been appointed as the London 2012 Organising Committee's Competition Manager for Olympic Aquatics and Paralympic Swimming. Read more DOCUMENT SIGNALS SWIMMING'S ASPIRATIONS AND INTENT British Swimming has become the first national governing body to sign a sports science Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK Sport and the three home country sport institutes – England, Scotland and Wales. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF The latest news from the UK's high performance sports community, including Athletics, Rowing, Triathlon and Weightlifting UK SPORT PODCAST 100% ME ATHLETE ZONE JOBS IN SPORT The latest vacancies in British sport Please email all news and press releases concerning elite sport in the UK to news@uksport.gov.uk To advertise jobs on the website and in the newsletter please email details to jobs@uksport.gov.uk For all further enquiries, please email newsletter@uksport.gov.uk / tel 020 7211 5174. UK Sport: 40 Bernard St, London, WC1N 1ST - www.uksport.gov.uk If you do not want to receive this newsletter in the future, please click here to unsubscribe.