Article - 10

Doping Test

10.1 All provisions in the Anti-Doping Codes developed by the IOC,

       the WADA and        the WTF shall apply to the taekwondo

       competitions at the Olympic Games. Doping tests will be

       conducted at the world and continental taekwondo      qualification tournaments.

10.2 At the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament,

       mandatory doping tests will be conducted on the top four

       ranked contestants of each weight category. Any contestant

       proven to have violated the Anti- Doping Codes shall be

       removed from the final standings and be deprived of

       qualification for the Olympic Games.

The next highest ranked contestant in the respective qualification tournaments will take over as the substitute contestant. If the substitute contestant is found to have violated the Anti-Doping Codes, the WTF Rules or the WTF Competition Rules, the next highest ranked contestant will be the new substitute contestant; and so forth.

10.3 For continental taekwondo qualification tournaments,

       mandatory doping tests will be conducted on:

(i)                        All quarterfinalists of each weight category at the Asian, European and Pan American qualification tournaments.

(ii)                     All semifinalists of each weight category at the African and Oceania  qualification tournaments.

Any contestant proven to have violated the Anti-Doping Codes shall be removed from the final standings and be deprived of qualification for the Olympic Games. The next highest ranked contestant in the respective qualification tournament will take over as the substitute contestant, provided that this contestant has not violated the Anti- Doping Codes or any provisions prescribed in the WTF Rules or the WTF Competition Rules.

10.4 The substitute contestants of the world taekwondo qualification tournament may participate in the same weight categories at the continental taekwondo qualification tournaments in the event that results of the doping tests have not been made known. In the event that the doping tests prove positive, he or she will take over as the substitute contestant of the world taekwondo qualification tournament.

In the event that the substitute contestant has already qualified for the Olympic Games at the Continental Taekwondo Qualification Tournament, the next highest ranked contestant in the competition  standings of the continental tournament shall qualify for the Olympic Games, provided that this contestant has not violated the Anti-Doping Codes or any provisions prescribed in the WTF Rules or the WTF Competition Rules.

10.5        In the Olympic Games, if a gold medalist is disqualified after having violated the Anti-Doping Codes, the contestant shall be removed from the final standings. The silver medalist will move up the final standings and be awarded the gold medal. There will be no further changes to the final standings.

If any other medalist other than the gold medalist is disqualified, there

will not be any changes to the final standings.