Russian Anti-Doping Agency receives 13 Therapeutic Use Exemption requests in June

MOSCOW, July 5. /TASS/. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) received last month 13 applications from national athletes requesting TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption) permits, an agency spokesperson told TASS on Sunday.

"RUSADA received 13 requests for Therapeutic Use Exemption permits in June," the spokesperson said adding that the agency also granted approval to six of the earlier submitted requests.

The total number of received applications for TUE permits since the start of the year amounted to 114 and 79 were approved.

The country’s anti-doping body reported previously that in 2025 RUSADA received 204 applications from national athletes requesting TUE permits, 141 in 2024, 117 in 2023 and 78 in 2022.

TUE is a term used by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which allows an athlete to legally consume a drug from the list of banned substances if an athlete is "required to take [the drug] to treat an illness or condition.".