Most Brits would report doping suspicions to UKAD, new survey reveals

Fair play has always been an intrinsic part of British values and according to a new survey conducted on behalf of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), 69% of Brits say they care enough to report their doping-related suspicions of an athlete, or their Athlete Support Personnel, (coaches, doctors, nutritionists, physiotherapists, and parents), to UKAD. The survey results come at the start of UKAD's Clean Sport Week — an annual awareness week that champions clean sport, clean sport education and anti-doping initiatives across sports in the UK.

This year's theme, ‘Teamwork in Clean Sport' is aimed at athletes and Athlete Support Personnel (ASP) and will explore the collective responsibility that these roles have to work together on clean sport, to play and win fairly. Ad Sports fans were also asked whose responsibility is it for an athlete to stay clean and again, they view clean sport as a collective responsibility.

56% think that sports organisations, national governing bodies of sport and UKAD have a shared duty while 52% consider it to be the athlete's responsibility. A further 39% believed it was the coach's duty to support the athlete not to take performance enhancing drugs.

AthleticsJohnson-Thompson wins two events in first competition since Commonwealth GamesYESTERDAY AT 08:03 During this year's Clean Sport Week, UKAD will host a number of events throughout the week including a webinar at Loughborough University broadcast live on UKAD's social media channels. An expert panel will explore clean sport topics and discuss how their different roles can create the right environment so that athletes make good decisions about playing and winning fairly.