Retirement and comeback

 

The comeback rule is based on article 5.3 of the Doping Statute of Swiss Olympic and article 5.5 of the Regulatory statutes for controls – whereabout requirements of Antidoping Switzerland. The rule applies both to team and to individual sports persons.

 

An athlete who belongs to the Registered Testing Pool (RTP) of his or her international association, to that of Antidoping Switzerland or to the National Testing Pool (NTP) must inform Antidoping Switzerland in writing about the end of his or her active career in order to have their name removed from the relevant control pool. Until Antidoping Switzerland receives such a written report, the rules for the relevant pool concerning Therapeutic Use Exemptions and Whereabouts for such an athlete will continue to apply. The report is to be written on the form next to here.

 

In order to resume participation in competitions at the same performance level as before the end of his or her active career, an athlete who has withdrawn from the RTP or the NTP must have been integrated in the control pool to be defined by Antidoping Switzerland for a period of at least six months.

 

Other provisions by international associations take precedence over those of the Doping Statute and the Regulatory statutes. It is in the responsibility of the athlete to contact his or her international association about this matter.