Watch the FAI webinar: "Sick or injured, make sure you FLY CLEAN"
Over 80 participants joined the first FAI Anti-Doping webinar of 2025: “Sick or Injured: Make Sure You Fly Clean”, hosted by an expert panel who explained how illness or injury can increase the risk of unintentional doping.
The aim was to raise awareness and provide practical tools to help all air sports participants make informed, responsible choices when managing health issues.
Many air sports athletes and pilots will experience injury or illness during their careers. However, few are aware of the doping risks from medication and treatments. The FAI is committed to maintaining a clean sport culture by equipping athletes, coaches, clubs, and members with the knowledge needed to uphold clean sport values—even when dealing with injuries or illness.
FAI's Anti-Doping Manager Kamila Vokoun Hajkova welcomed two guest speakers who shared their insights:
- Jacques BERLO – FAI Companion of Honour and Vice-President of the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP) with decades of experience with pharmaceutical industry
- Kamila CHOMANICOVA – Doctor of Pharmacy, International Doping Control Officer, Education Manager at the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency (SADA), and member of the T-DO Education Working Group, Council of Europe (bio)
Real-life athletes' case studies were explored to indicate how commonly used medications can cause unintentional violations of the anti-doping rules.
For those who were unable to attend, the webinar recording (with the Q&A session removed for data protection reasons) is now available:
Key points covered
- Understand how being injured or sick increases the risk of doping
- Learn what the risks are and how to identify them
- Discover the consequences of doping in air sports
- Learn how to mitigate and manage doping risks
- Obtain access to reliable anti-doping information
Next ANTI-DOPING WEBINAR
The next FAI anti-doping webinar, is planned for early June and will cover the topic of "Social Drugs and Air Sports: Make Sure You FLY CLEAN"
FAI AND THE WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (WADA)
FAI became a WADA signatory in 2011. This implies commitments for in-competition testing, out of competition testing and education, which are all included within FAI’s Fly Clean Programme.
FAI’s anti-doping rules are based on the WADA template ‘Model Rules for International Federations’. Our compliance is audited annually and non-compliance has serious consequences.
