In this episode of On Side, we talk to Margaret Anderson, a former PE teacher and our Doping Control Officer. Anderson, who has a life-long love of sport, says athletes “are usually pretty cooperative” when asked to provide a urine sample however “it might depend on whether they won or lost”. She says her motivation to work for the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority was because she believed in Clean Fair sport. “I guess I was in the right place at the right time,” she says.  “I think it’s getting harder and harder to, I guess, protect the clean fair sport ideal but we try and do that the best we can with the knowledge that we all have.” Anderson also worked as a school sport officer in South Australia and says she was thrilled at watching young children develop their skills, particularly when they weren’t naturally gifted. She now has a grand final medal named in her honour in South Australia.   We also explain how you can support suspicious activity and how you can be one of the 95,000 people who access our e-learning education tools. Produced by Lyndall Larkham & Tim Gavel. Recorded, edited & mixed by Ryan Micallef.

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