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ISR 2016 NBF Decision Disciplinary Committee 2016007 T
October 3, 2016
On 3 October 2016 the ISR-Disciplinary Committee of the Dutch Bowling Federation (NBF) decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Person after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).
The Person denied the intentional use of the prohibited substance and assumed that someone put the substance in his drink at the party on the evening before the competition. The ISR-NBF Disciplinary Committee ruled that the Person didn’t producte evidence for his assumption and he failed to explain how the prohibited substance came into his body.
Hereafter in October 2016 the Person appealed the decision of 3 October 2016 of the ISR-NBF Disciplinary Committee with the ISR-NBF Appeal Committee. The Appeal Committee upholds the conclusion of the Disciplinary Committee that the evidence showed that the Athlete committed an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for the prohibited substance.
The Appeal Committee considers in this appeal whether there are grounds to reduce the imposed sanction and whether the violation was without intention to enhance his sport performance.
The Appeal Committee accepts the conclusion that the violation wasn’t intentional and establish that the Person failed to produce any evidence for his assumption about how the prohibited substance came into his body.
Without grounds to reduce the sanction the ISR-NBF Appeal Committee decides on 12 December 2016 to confirm the imposed 2 year period of ineligibility on the Person.
Fees and expenses for this committee shall be borne by the Person.
