- International-Level Athlete (ILA): Athletes who compete in sport at the international level, as defined by each International Federation, consistent with the International Standard for Testing and Investigations.
For the FIM, the following Riders shall be considered to be International-Level Riders for the purposes of these Anti-Doping Rules, and, therefore, the specific provisions in these Anti-Doping Rules applicable to International-Level Riders (e.g., Testing, TUEs, whereabouts, and Results Management) shall apply to such Riders:
a) Riders who participate in the FIM World Championships, FIM Prizes, World Records and Intercontinental Championships ( The list of FIM Events can be found here.)
b) Riders who are part of the FIM Registered Testing Pool, Testing Pool or other Pool established by FIM.
- National-Level Athlete (NLA): For the FIM National-Level Rider : Riders who compete in sport at the national level, as defined by each National Anti-Doping Organization, consistent with the International Standard for Testing and Investigations. For the FIM, a National-Level Rider does not compete in an FIM World Championship and FIM Cup Prize event.
- Event period: The time between the beginning and end of an event, as established by the ruling body of the event.
- In-competition period: “In-Competition” means the period after the Rider has passed the technical and/or administrative scrutineering, whichever is the earlier, before a Competition in which the Rider is scheduled to participate through the end of such Competition and the Sample collection process related to such Competition.
- Out-of-competition period: Any period which is not in-competition.