WADA president: WADA doesn’t intend to ban caffeine

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirms that caffeine should belong to banned substances of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The president of the AOC John Coates notes that caffeine promotes addiction to sleeping pills and tranquilizers.
It is known that the Australian swimmers who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games used sleeping tablets Stilnox. So, the president of the AOC notices that application of caffeine resulted in intake of Stilnox.
Stilnox is ordinarily sold under the commercial name Zolpidem. It is a sleeping remedy that is taken to cure insomnia.
Coates confirms that athletes take caffeine in order to increase performance. Consumption of this substance leads to insomnia. So, sportspersons have to use sleeping tablets for treatment of insomnia.
 The AOC and Swimming Australia desire to ban usage of caffeine. It is their response to the disgrace linked with Grant Hackett. A doctor recommended administering Stilnox to this swimmer at the time of the 2003 World Championships. As a result, Grant Hackett became addicted to this sleeping remedy.
Grant Hackett is a famous swimmer. He won certain competitions, including the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Alan Thompson, the former coach of the Australian Olympic Team, has also affirmed that intake of Stilnox is widely spread among Australian swimmers.
Stilnox was never on the list of forbidden preparations. Anti-doping agencies didn’t conduct tests to disclose usage of this drug.
But as for caffeine, earlier it was prohibited by the WADA. But since it became widely spread and used in society, it was excluded from the list of banned medicines.
John Fahey, the president of the WADA, states that the WADA made the right decision and excluded caffeine from list of prohibited drugs. He confirmed that caffeine would not be included in the list of banned substances again.
However many experts confirm that caffeine is a performance enhancer, John Fahey contests this affirmation. He claims that caffeine doesn’t influence on performance. The president of the WADA concludes that no any scientific literature describes capacity of caffeine to enhance performance.