Former baseball pro Randolph Oduber to help educate athletes at WBSC and ITA Clean Sport Education Webinar
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<p>Former professional baseball player and <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/organisation/commissions/athletes-commission">WBSC Athletes Commission</a> member Randolph Oduber will lead a Clean Sport Education Webinar, which is exclusively dedicated to Baseball, Softball, and Baseball5 athletes, at 2 pm Central European Summer Time on Tuesday, 28 May.</p>
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<p>Held in conjunction with experts from the International Testing Agency <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ita.sport/" target="_blank">(ITA</a>), the webinar will focus on educating the attending athletes on their responsibilities when it comes to anti-doping and ensuring that sport remains clean.</p>
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<p>The WBSC is committed to an independent, expert-led, clean sports programme for its athletes and has collaborated with the ITA since 2020, with the agreement renewed and extended the agreement in <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/striking-out-doping-wbsc-renews-and-extends-partnership-with-the-ita">2022</a>.</p>
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<p>Oduber (35) is an ITA Education Ambassador and the ex-Netherlands international recently spoke about the webinar during the inaugural <a href="https://www.wbsc.org/en/news/over-350-players-from-44-countries-participate-in-wbsc-athletes-summit">WBSC Athletes Summit</a> and emphasised the need to educate athletes and their coaches on the anti-doping rules.</p>
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<p>He said: "We want to share all the knowledge about the rights and responsibilities of our athletes and athlete support personnel and what happens when an athlete is chosen for testing. </p>
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<p>"Many athletes, especially at the
youth level, don't know which supplements are good to take or which is the best
food for them. I think it's essential for all the athletes to be able to join
us on this webinar to learn."</p>
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<p>"We are there to answer all the
possible questions about anti-doping.”</p>
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<p>The seminar will be held at 14:00 (CEST) on
Tuesday, 28 May 2024 and will be conducted in English with simultaneous
translations to French and Spanish., </p>
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<p>Athletes interested in participating must <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iVjglTmbQHy00KKd9Yzb6Q#/registration">REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM PLATFORM</a>, while the webinar will have a Q&A section and all attendees will receive a PDF of the webinar presentation, including links to the resources covered.</p>
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