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The president of the International Federation of Sports Medicine commitment to focus efforts on prevention and education to prevent athletes dopen

José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM, announces the creation of the 'Anti-Doping Code of Ethics' at the Catholic University of Murcia

The Temple of the Monastery of Jeronimos, headquarters of the Catholic University of Murcia, has been the scene of the investiture of Fabio Pigozzi, President of the International Federation of Sports Medicine and director of the University 'Foro Italico' of Rome, as Doctor Honoris Causa.

The ceremony was presided by José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM, accompanied by Josefina Garcia, rector of the University;

Antonio Montoro, honorary president, and Pedro Manonelles, director of the International Chair of Sports Medicine, who presented the new Doctor Honoris Causa.

Among the arguments that has been exposed to appoint Pigozzi stressed his long career and reputation as a professional, teaching and research and its priority in favor of the person beyond the Athlete's results.

Education: tool against doping

The president of the International Federation of Sports Medicine has lectured on "Medicine, sports and person: an ethical challenge of our time '.

The fight against doping and the protection of athletes were the central themes has tried.

Pigozzi has defended a new way to deal with the big problem of modern sport.

"The system of prevention of doping in sport should rethink its role and function of a non-coercive, but preventive and educational manner, teaching and helping athletes who do not dope, reaching, with reflection and education, a lasting and permanent real ethical and health risks that this practice implies, not through fear of punishment "understanding.

Similarly, on this, Fabio Pigozzi said that "when the sport forget the person ceases to be sport, and becomes something that can be harmful and damaging" and added that "the biggest challenge science and sports culture today is to act to ensure that sport is perceived by society as an ethical practice that, from a playful and healthy context, develops values ​​and predisposes man to a better understanding of itself and its limits. "

Referring to the sports doctors he asserted that they must "act in accordance with moral principles and the sport as a synthesis of all human values ​​which always involves intrinsic goods for humanity".

In its conclusions, and above all the arguments, the new Doctor Honoris Causa of the UCAM said that "sport as human practice is valuable and important and will make sense to our life only to the extent that attend these values ​​with love , respect and dignity. "

For his part, José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM has shown honor it is for the institution that Pigozzi part of the faculty of doctors, through the Department of Sports Medicine Doctor Pedro presiding Manonelles.

"We are a university that loves the sport, loves the sport and everything that surrounds this area, such as sports medicine, orthopedics," he assured.

Furthermore, as an example, he noted that the Catholic University of Murcia counts as novelty graduate in the area of ​​physiotherapy in sports nutrition or physical activity;

and it has a High Performance Sports Centre and the European Centre for Sports Medicine.

Doping code of ethics UCAM

Throughout the event was presented the 'Code of Ethics doping UCAM' a publication for the prevention and fight against this scourge for sport;

it is the first global developed by universities.

It will be distributed in several languages, and she has helped the Spanish Olympic Committee and International, and the World Federation of Sports Medicine.

The Catholic University of Murcia has become the 'University of Sport' in Spain and Europe and has therefore also decided to be a reference in the fight against doping.

José Luis Mendoza has highlighted the need to "prevent young athletes from the danger of consuming banned products only cause harm and suffering."

Moreover, from the Department of Sports Medicine it has also presented a Guide to prevention of doping;

it is disclosed, inter alia, all the strategies you can use the athlete to not use doping, both physical, psychological and educational aspects.

Source: UCAM