Webinar on 2 April - Sick or injured: make sure you FLY CLEAN
The first FAI Anti-Doping Webinar of 2025, "Sick or injured: make sure you FLY CLEAN", will take place on 2 April 2025 at 13:00 UTC. It will explore how injuries and illness can impact doping risks.
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.
- Sign up for the webinar
- Format: online via ZOOM
- 2 April 2025 from 13:00 -14:00 (UTC)
Hosted by the FAI alongside Anti-Doping Experts Jacques Berlo, FAI Companion of Honour and Vice-President of the FAI Medico-Physiological Commission (CIMP) with decades of experience with pharmaceutical industry, and Kamila Chomanicova, Education Manager at the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency, a pharmacist as well as an 8-time Towerrunning Slovak national champion. These two guests will provide insights from both the athlete and the medical points of view.
Key takeaways for attendees will be:
- 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
About PharmDr. Kamila Chomanicova, PhD.
Doctor of Pharmacy | International Doping Control Officer | Education Manager at the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency (SADA) | Member of the T-DO Education Working Group, Council of Europe
Experienced in pharmaceutical chemistry research with extensive expertise in anti-doping, including consulting, lecturing, and writing. Specialises in sports pharmacy and anti-doping education, and holds an IOC Certificate in Drugs in Sport and an ITA Certificate in Anti-Doping Education.
As an International Doping Control Officer, she participated in the Paralympic Games in Paris, overseeing doping control procedures.
During her PhD studies, she spent a semester in Barcelona at an accredited anti-doping laboratory, gaining practical experience in anti-doping analysis and research. Her dissertation focused on anti-doping issues, further strengthening her expertise in the field.
As an athlete, eight-time National Champion in Towerrunning and Winner of the Towerrunning World Tour 2022. Competed in prestigious races such as the Empire State Building Run-Up, Eiffel Tower Vertical, Shanghai Tower, and the World Championships at Taipei 101.
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.
