The Attitude of High-Class Athletes to Doping in Sports and Measures to Counter It

The subject of the study is the attitude of high-class athletes to doping in sports and measures to counter it. The methodology of the work consists in the application of a set of techniques and methods that made it possible to use an integrated approach to the research. The results of the study are systematized data on attitudes towards and awareness of doping, analysis of the prevalence of information about doping in sports, identification of causes, consequences and determination of methods to combat it based on the data of surveys of high-class athletes for the period from 2019 to 2021. The scope of application of the research results affects the sports of the Russian Federation. The novelty of the study lies in the assessment of the state and potential of doping in sports in Russia over the course of 3 years. According to the results of the study, the main trends of athletes opinions about doping were identified, revealing the possibilities of improving the fight against doping in sports, which will ultimately contribute to improving the anti-doping culture in the country.