Free: “ the work of the AEPSAD should be guided by the rigour, autonomy and the defence of sport clean ”

• The president of CSD and AEPSAD, accompanied by the director general of sports of CSD, Marian Soriano, and by the director of cabinet, Conchi Bellorín has visited the headquarters of the agency responsible for the fight against doping in Spain
• The visit has included a tour through the centre of sports medicine of the CAR of Madrid and by the laboratory of Control of doping

Madrid, 31 August 2018.The president of the High Council of sports (CSD) and the Spanish Agency of health protection in sport (AEPSAD), María José Free, visited the headquarters of this agency and has maintained a working meeting with the director of the agency, José Luis Sand.

Free, accompanied by the director general of sports of CSD, Marian Soriano and the director of cabinet of the chairmanship of CSD, Conchi Bellorín, has seen firsthand the work and different initiatives launched by the agency responsible for the fight against doping in spain.

Similarly, the secretary of state for sport and the general director for sports have shared an encounter with those responsible for the different departments of the AEPSAD. In his tour through the different Areas of work of the agency, Maria José Free and Marian Soriano have shown interest for more details on the application in Spain of the biological passport, a technique that analyzes the profile of biological sportsman to detect significant variations in the maximum allowable levels of their physiological parameters caused by the use of drugs.

“ the work of the AEPSAD should be guided by the rigour, autonomy and defense of clean sport, ” said María José Free. "Our commitment to remove from the sport the scourge of doping is strong ”.

After the visit to the headquarters of the AEPSAD, those responsible for the CSD have moved to the centre ’ s facilities of sports medicine of CAR of Madrid and the laboratory of doping Control