In June 2023 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the judoka Mohsin Gulab Ali after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Enobosarm (Ostarine).
Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI).
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and he argued that he had succesfully participated in competitions for mayy years. He also had been tested many times without issues.
The Athlete stated that he was involved in an altercation with another athlete and his entourage. After the positive test he alleged that he was the victim of sabotage and that he had filed criminal charges against these persons.
The Panel finds that the presence of a prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's samples and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The Panel deems that he failed to demonstrate with corroboration evidence that the violation was not intentional, nor grounds for a reduced sanction.
Therefore the ADDPI decides on 10 January 2024 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 20 June 2023.
