Event Participant Notification of USADA Drug Testing
Powerlifting America is pleased to support integrity in competition, and to announce it has contracted with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (“USADA”) to provide anti-doping services during POWERLIFTING AMERICA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (the “Event”), to be held in OMAHA, NE, from APRIL 16-19, 2026, an International Powerlifting Federation(“Sanctioning Body”) sanctioned event. USADA is the independent national anti-doping organization in the United States, and runs the U.S. anti-doping program for Olympic, Paralympic, Pan-American and Parapan American movement sports, in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code (“Code”). USADA collects, uses, and stores your Personal Information, which may be uploaded into the informational databases of WADA, USADA (stored in the U.S.), other anti-doping organizations, and third parties (as applicable) in accordance with USADA’s privacy policy (https://www.usada.org/privacy-statement/) and/or the privacy policy of the relevant authority. Powerlifting America has contracted with USADA to demonstrate a commitment to fair, drug-free, and safe competition. Doping, as defined in the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and its Annexes (the “USADA Protocol”), is against the rules of the Event, and will not be tolerated. The anti-doping rules for the Event are set forth in the USADA Protocol and are fully applicable to each competitor, each member of the competitor’s team, and all athlete support personnel involved in the Event. Any violation of the anti-doping rules may result in disqualification and loss of results achieved during the Event, in addition to all consequences that arise in accordance with the USADA Protocol and the Code. Athletes competing in the Event are subject to blood and/or urine and/or other WADA-approved sample matrices testing for any substance or method on the World Anti-Doping Agency (“WADA”) Prohibited List: http://www.usada.org/prohibited-list/. In addition to testing, USADA is a resource for educational information and will have jurisdiction to handle the results management process of any potential anti-doping rule violation. All Event participants (including competitors, each member of the competitor’s team, and all athlete support personnel involved in the Event) acknowledge and agree that they are subject to the Code and the USADA Protocol, and that they are required to abide by all such rules and by the anti-doping rules of the Sanctioning Body. Anti-doping rule violations will be adjudicated in accordance with the USADA Protocol, and each participant agrees that their sole, exclusive, final and binding remedy in relation to any potential anti-doping rule violation alleged by USADA and/or in response to any matter relating to anti-doping, sample collection, drug testing, doping control, results management and/or USADA shall be arbitration in accordance with the USADA Protocol. As USADA is an independent entity, all athlete questions or concerns regarding details of the anti[1]doping program should be directed to USADA. In an effort to aid athletes, as well as all support team members such as parents, coaches, managers and paramedical personnel, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive information on its website regarding the testing process and prohibited substances, how to obtain permission to use a necessary medication, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements as well as performance-enhancing and recreational drugs. Athletes looking for information about the testing process can start at www.usada.org/athletes. In addition, USADA manages an athlete hotline which may be used to find answers to drug reference questions at (719) 785-2000, toll-free at (866) 601-2632, and by email at athleteexpress@usada.org. Athletes may also access this information online at www.GlobalDRO.com. For information about dietary supplements, please visit USADA’s Supplement 411 resource at www.Supplement411.org. For more general anti-doping program information, please visit www.usada.org.
CONSENT TO DOPING CONTROL
I understand that Powerlifting America, has organized the POWERLIFTING AMERICA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (the “Event”), to be held in OMAHA, NE, from APRIL 16-19, 2026, which is an International Powerlifting Federation (“Sanctioning Body”) sanctioned event. I understand that Powerlifting America has contracted with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (“USADA”) to conduct doping control services in conjunction with the Event, including sample collection and analysis, results management, and the adjudication of disputes involving potential anti-doping rule violations for participants in the Event. I understand and agree that by virtue of signing this Consent, I am subject to doping control conducted by USADA. I understand and agree that the World Anti-Doping Code (“Code”) and the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing and its Annexes (“USADA Protocol”) apply to me and constitute the anti-doping rules for the Event, and that I am required to abide by all such rules and by the anti-doping rules of the Sanctioning body. I further understand and agree that Powerlifting America shall recognize and enforce any sanction imposed against me by USADA or any other Code Signatory that results from a violation of the applicable anti-doping rules, regardless of whether such violation occurred during the Event. I consent to the Processing , including collecting, using, and storing my Personal Information, which may be uploaded into the informational databases of WADA, USADA (stored in the U.S.), other anti-doping organizations, and third parties (as applicable) in accordance with USADA’s privacy policy (https://www.usada.org/privacy-statement/) and/or the privacy policy of the relevant testing authority or results management authority. I agree that during the Event and for up to ninety (90) days thereafter as may be needed for follow up testing, I will be subject to blood and/or urine and/or other WADA-approved sample matrices testing for any substance or method on the World Anti-Doping Agency (“WADA”) Prohibited List: https://www.usada.org/prohibited-list/. I agree to submit to blood and/or urine and/or other WADA-approved sample matrices testing by USADA immediately upon notification that I have been selected for drug testing and to provide complete whereabouts information to USADA in the event that follow up testing should become necessary. It is my responsibility to know and understand all anti-doping rules applicable to me prior to signing this Consent, including the requirement to obtain a Therapeutic Use Exemption prior to using any medication containing a Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method. The Code is available online and may be found at https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/world-anti-doping-codeworld-anti-doping-code. The USADA Protocol is available online and may be found at http://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/USADA_protocol.pdf. Information regarding Prohibited Substances and Methods and TUE applications is available online and may be found at https://www.usada.org/substances. I understand that significant penalties exist for any anti-doping rule violation and that such violations may be established through any reliable means including, but not limited to, drug testing, admissions, third-party testimony, and circumstantial evidence. If I am charged with an anti-doping rule violation, I agree that my case will be administered in accordance with the USADA Protocol. I, on behalf of myself, my team, my sponsors and all who may claim through me, agree that arbitration under the terms of the USADA Protocol is our sole and exclusive legal recourse and means of addressing any charge of doping, ineligibility, loss of results or any other issues arising from any anti-doping rule violation or any other matter arising in connection with the collection, transport, and analysis of my sample(s), results management, or the reporting or communication of drug testing information or doping control results by USADA or its designees. I, on behalf of myself, my team, my sponsors and all who may claim through me, hereby waive and release any other right, remedy, claim or cause of action involving USADA, Powerlifting America, or any other party relating to doping control and/or the handling, analysis and reporting of my sample(s) or the administration of any potential or actual anti-doping rule violation.