Molly, the world's first qualified anti-doping dog, is working during the SM Week competitions in Umeå. She is trained as a narcotics dog but with a nose specifically adapted to find doping substances. As the only service dog that people are allowed to pet, she has become an approachable figure at the event.
Many athletes come up and want to be on Molly's Instagram to show where they stand, according to officials. The anti-doping team is at SM Week primarily to talk and inform athletes and leaders. According to SVT Västerbotten (official), Joanna Sjöö described their goal as encouraging athletes and leaders to approach them for discussions and information.
We want athletes and leaders to come up to us, so we can talk and inform, that is mainly what we are here for.
It remains unknown how many doping tests have been conducted using Molly during SM Week or whether any doping violations have been found by her or the team, and the specific criteria that qualify her as the world's first anti-doping dog have not been disclosed.