In December 2015 the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Charis Chan after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance trenbolone.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in her defence and waived her right to be heard for the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Commercial Arbitration Tribunal.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the prohibited substance and asserted that the positive test was the result of eating meat she did not know and had no reason to know was contaminated with trenbolone.
The Sole Arbitrator holds that the Athlete’s assertions regarding meat contamination as the source of the positive sample are factually and scientifically implausible and for several reasons dismissed.
Therefore the AAA Tribunal Panel decides on 6 January 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 29 December 2015.
