In June 2016 the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the football player after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT).
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Doping Tribunal of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC).
The Athlete gave a prompt admission of the violation and argued that it was a non intentional violation and the result of the use of a contaminated supplement AminoX with grounds for a reduced sanction. Analysis reports of the WADA Accredited Laboratory in Montreal of the content of the Athlete’s bottle AminoX confirmed very high levels of DHCMT.
The CCES contested that there are no valid grounds for the Athlete to claim that his AminoX supplement was contaminated with DHCMT during the manufacturing process or before he purchased it.
For the CCES Professor Ayotte stated that the Athlete’s explanation is not supported by scientific evidence due to the DHCMT substance detected in the AminoX bottle is not the same as the DHCMT substance detected in the Athlete’s samples.
The Sole Arbitrator finds that the DHCMT in the Athlete’s samples was neither inadvertent nor an innocent mistake due to the DHCMT, and did not come from a contaminated AminoX supplement. The Sole Arbitrator concludes that the only explanation is that the Athlete deliberately and intentionally used the DHCMT.
Therefore the SDRCC Anti-Doping Tribunal decides on 23 November 2016 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 24 April 2016.
