’There’s a new sheriff in town’: the Rodchenkov Act, anti-dopism, and the hegemony of WADA in international sport

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has long been the organization responsible for making and harmonizing anti-doping policies in international sport. As Rodchenkov Act was signed into law United States, however, it became possible U.S. to target organizers of systematic doping with criminal penalties even outside their national borders, doing so also pose a challenge WADA’s hegemony over narrative. Drawing on official organizational statements those made by sport stakeholders media coverage, this article uses implementation as case study dissect analyze interdependence between policy/laws. analysis shows how U.S., through Act, is pushing accepted paradigm an extreme engaging form resistance against hegemony. By extending its own authority abilities beyond borders applying tougher sanctions conspirators, U.S./USADA position themselves being party strong enough lead shape regime. In effect, they are grabbing power from WADA dislocating process. Even reordered values above global values, able leverage anti-dopism service goals authority.