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In June 2015 the International Federation of Rowing Associations (FISA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Beatriz Tavares Cardoso after her A and B sample tested positive for the prohibited substance stanozolol.
After notification the Athlete filed a statement with evidence in her defence and she was heard for the FISA Doping Hearing Panel.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and could not explain how it came into her system. She assumed that it could have been caused by contamination of other medicines or supplements in the pharmacy, or a mistake by the laboratory.
The Athlete asserted, sustained by witnesses, that departures from the ISTI occurred in particular that the collection vessels, sample kits, and presumably samples were left unattended by the DCO.
Considering the witness statements the Panel agrees that significant departures of the ISTI occurred in this case. However the Panel concludes that these departures of the ISTI could not reasonably have caused the positive test, even if there is a theoretical possibility of interference with the samples.
The Panel did not accept other arguments of the Athlete and finds that she failed to establish that the violation was not intentional. Thefore the FISA Doping Hearing Panel is comfortably satisfied that the anti-doping rule violation is established and decides on 8 August 2015 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 28 May 2015.
