Violations of Anti-doping Rules by Singapore Athletes

Asst Prof Tan Kheng Boon Eugene asked the Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) what is the number of athletes in Singapore and the sports they have participated in who had violated the anti-doping rules in the last five years; and (b) whether public funding to national sports associations (NSAs) require that the NSAs demonstrate a strong commitment to anti-doping and exemplary sportsmanship.

Mr Lawrence Wong: In the last five years, 13 athletes, all from bodybuilding, were found to have violated the anti-doping rules. They were each handed a ban of two years for their violations.

As a condition of funding by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), National Sports Associations (NSAs) are required to sign an undertaking to abide by the policies and rules of Anti-Doping Singapore, the national champion for anti-doping. SSC will withhold or withdraw funding from NSAs that do not agree to or repeatedly fail to comply with the policies and rules of Anti-Doping Singapore.