Monday, 18 April 2016

USA Cycling announces new Safety and Anti-Doping advisory committees

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USA Cycling announced on Monday two new advisory committees for Safety and Anti-Doping that will support the organization in its efforts to increase safety and ensure clean competition in American bike racing, according to a press release from the sport governing body.

Both committees include volunteers with expert knowledge and related backgrounds in the two fields. The members were chosen from a combined pool of more than 200 applicants

“Their role will be both to advise USA Cycling on actions to take and to evaluate the impact of those actions,” read the USA Cycling statement.

The Safety Committee includes 11 experts from the fields of medicine, data analysis, cycling event promotion and officiating, and competitive cycling.

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“They will gather and evaluate existing data on bike racing accidents and to establish a set of recommendations for USA Cycling based on any risk factors identified."

The Anti-Doping Committee will include eight anti-doping experts, including several world leaders in the field. The group will help USA Cycling to determine how it can best reduce banned doping practices within amateur and professional cycling in America.

“The committee’s focus will be to determine the optimal level of testing to cost effectively create a credible deterrent, recommend what other actions USA Cycling can take to reduce doping (e.g., education) and evaluate the effectiveness of USA Cycling’s anti-doping efforts over time.”

The following individuals make up the Safety Committee:

You can read more at Cyclingnews.com



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