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Published 11:08 3 Feb 2016 GMT
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Interestingly, the commission has adopted USADA's position on intravenous therapies as a means of re-hydration as IV bans are now also banned by the CSAC. Oral re-hydration is now the only means of getting fluid back into fighters' bodies.
There will also be a change in the weigh-in timing as the commission moved to allow more time for athletes to hydrate themselves by weighing them in 30 hours ahead of competition, rather than 24.
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