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WADA to Seek Further Comment on Altitude Tents By David Monti (c) 2006 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved May 14, 2006 At the conclusion of the two-day executive committee meeting held over the weekend in Montreal, the World Anti-Doping Agency issued a statement saying that they had not yet made a decision on whether to ban artifically induced hypoxic conditions, like tents and sealed rooms which simulate high altitude locations. "The executive committee decided to seek broad stakeholder comment on the question of whether artificially-induced hypoxic conditions should be placed on the 2007 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List)," read the statement distributed to journalists today. "The consultation process on hypoxic conditions will occur in parallel to the process implemented for feedback on the draft 2007 List which is currently in circulation. Following the consultation period, stakeholder feedback will receive full review by the WADA list committee in September, 2006, which will then consider the appropriate next steps." Currently, the use of artificially-induced hypoxic conditions is not a banned method of boosting red blood cells and endurance. The athletics community, however, is divided on whether it is an ethical method of improving performance. A recent poll of over 2000 voters on the website LetsRun.com showed an overwhelming percentage in favor of their use, by a margin of about 4-to-1. But one prominent British athlete who sent an e-mail to the RRW office had his doubts. "It's about time too," the athlete wrote. "I always regarded this as ethically suspect. I don't see how it's possible to enforce compliance though."
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