The Government of Chile is outdated in the norms established by the World Anti-Doping Code, which could cause difficulties in the celebration of the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023.

The Government of Chile is outdated in the norms established by the World Anti-Doping Code,

A group of auditors visited the country last January with the aim of verifying compliance with international regulations, particularly from the legal point of view.

In March, during the last days of the management of the now former sports minister Alexandra Benado, a report prepared by the experts of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was received in which problems were revealed in 43 of the 242 aspects reviewed.

Of the difficulties, 15 were classified as critical, another 20 as high priority and the rest belong to the category of general issues.

The fact is that Chile signed and ratified the International Anti-Doping Convention in 2011, during the first government of Sebastián Piñera, but did not carry out any steps to adapt the sports law issued in 2001 to the new regulations on the matter.

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, and here that entity is part of the structure of the Ministry of Sport.

This and other legal and administrative issues must be

If this is not done, the country could suffer severe sanctions, including the prohibition of its athletes to participate in international events, which includes this year's Pan American and Parapan American Games.

In the best of cases, Chilean athletes could compete, but under the flag and in a neutral uniform.

The process to modify the aforementioned legislation is cumbersome, because first the current head of the sport, Jaime Pizarro, must send the proposal to the executive and when he responds, transfer it to the AMA headquarters in Canada for review.

Only after completing these procedures can the bill be sent to the national congress for discussion and approval in both chambers and subsequent promulgation by the executive.

(With information from Prensa Latina and

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