During the training camp ahead of the World Championship, an important anti-doping meeting was held with the youth athletes of the Kazakhstan national taekwondo team.
The lecture, titled “Clean Sport – Bright Future”, covered:
- the principles of fair play in sports,
- the list of prohibited substances,
- responsibility when taking medical drugs,
- risks of using dietary supplements,
- the doping control procedure.
The meeting, organized on the initiative of the Olympic Training Center for Wrestling Disciplines, featured the team doctor Toktarbay Bauyrzhan, who emphasized each athlete’s personal responsibility, highlighting the principle: “Ignorance of a prohibited substance does not exempt from responsibility.”
Athletes asked specific questions regarding practical situations and received clear and comprehensive answers.