Paralympic Winter Games: NADA Germany presents comprehensive anti-doping programme

The National Anti Doping Agency of Germany (NADA Germany) has provided comprehensive support for the preparations for the Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina with preventive measures and a testing programme.

Pre-Paralympic anti-doping programme

NADA Germany supported the para athletes' preparations for the Winter Games with a comprehensive prevention programme. It trained the para athletes with web seminars and an e-learning programme developed specifically for the Games. In addition, NADA Germany summarised all important anti-doping information for the Games in a fact sheet, which allowed para athletes to read all the key information at a glance.

NADA Germany's participation in the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Anti-Doping Task Force complemented its prevention work. The international group was responsible for developing recommendations for an international pre-Paralympics testing programme for Milano Cortina. NADA Germany was able to contribute its many years of knowledge and experience from the intelligent testing planning established in Germany. Support for other National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) and international federations was provided, and specific testing recommendations were issued to the respective NADOs via the IPC.

Overview of control figures NADA Germany

NADA conducted comprehensive testing of the national para athletes prior to the Paralympic Games. All samples underwent the necessary additional analyses, the analysis data from the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) Athlete Biological Passport) was evaluated and samples were transferred to long-term storage.

The 40 para athletes and eight guides competing for Team Germany Paralympics in Italy were tested 80 times by NADA Germany. A total of 104 samples (76 urine, 4 dried blood spot and 24 blood samples) were taken In-Competition and Out-of-Competition.

As part of the overall pre-Paralympic testing programme, NADA Germany has carried out a total of 86 tests (with 111 samples: 82 urine and 29 blood samples) on all 63 potential Paralympic candidates In-Competition and Out-of-Competition and 10 guides since September 2025.

My clean path

Together with the National Anti-Doping Agency Austria GmbH (NADA Austria) and Swiss Sport Integrity, NADA Germany has launched the international anti-doping campaign ‘My clean path’ for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina.

For the Paralympic Games, Austrian para skiers Veronika and Elisabeth Aigner are at the centre of the campaign. The journey of the two athletes, as well as German speed skater Finn Sonnekalb and Swiss freestyle skier Andri Ragettli, can be followed here: https://www.alles-geben-nichts-nehmen.de/en/the-initiative/our-campaigns/my-clean-path

Paralympic anti-doping programme

With the opening of the Paralympic Village, the IPC took over the anti-doping programme in Milano Cortina. At the Winter Games, there is a Doping Control Coordination Centre (DCCC), which is staffed by international anti-doping experts from various NADOs. NADA Germany also supports the DCCC team with two control planners on site. The DCCC's task is to implement the IPC's doping control plan and manage the doping control personnel on site.