Ramallah, Palestine, June 29, 2022: The Anti-Doping Committee of the Palestine Olympic Committee recently conducted random tests on a number of national athletes at the headquarters of the POC as part of the annual examinations for 2022.
Five athletes from athletics, boxing and football were tested by a team comprising anti-doping committee members Reem Mashraqa, Diala Shaheen and Mahmoud Abdul Qadir under the supervision of Dr. Badr Akl, Secretary General of the POC Anti-Doping Committee.
The athletes were provided with information about their rights and duties as a player, warnings to adhere to, and how the screening mechanism works. The committee also distributed awareness flyers to the athletes.
The POC Anti-Doping Committee annually conducts random tests on athletes from a number of sports and places huge emphasis on spreading the message of staying away from performance-enhancing drugs.
