VADA and USADA follow the WADA drug testing code. The VADA tests were also done at the WADA lab. The exact same lab that the MLB does their drug tests.
just using a wada accredited lab does not mean you are following the wada code
i could set up a company tomorrow, collect urine, test it at a wada accredited lab, that does not make me wada/usada standard.
+ vada do not provide any information how their wherabouts system is setup (they dont use ADAMS as a wada signatory such as USADA do)
+ they do not provide any information as to how the test strategies are setup (they dont use ADAMS as a wada signatory such as USADA do)
+ they dont provide any information about what collection agents they use
+ their testing, results and results management is not overseen by anyone (as opposed to wada overseeing all wada signatories), in other words, theres nobody to check up on what they do
+ they dont publish any test data, no numbers, summaries of what testing is done (as opposed to wada signatories who publish full testing data)
They use a wada accredited lab, they use the wada prohibited list (which makes them no different to many/most state athletic commissions) and they have a name which (conveniently and deliberately) sounds very much like wada
THAT IS ALL
The differences between how they operate and how usada (and other anti doping agencies) operate is HUGE..
They use a wada accredited lab, yes
They use the wada prohibited list, yes
they adhere to or are signatories to the wada code, no
they dont provide anything in the way of evidence to demonstrate that they satisfy every criteria of the wada code..
Anyone can get samples analysed at INRS (The canadian lab), that doesnt mean anything.
WADA is located in montreal the same city GSP trains in. s.
thats completely irrelevant, has absolutely no bearing whatsoever considering that WADa have absolutely zero relationships with Vada, and the lab in montreal is NOT a wada lab, its a wada accredited lab.