facts
Respondent Simon Gibbs was reported by UK Anti-doping for a violation of the Anti-Doping Code. Respondent provided an urine sample during an in competition doping control on 21 February 2010. The prohibited substance mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) was found to be present in his sample.
history
The respondent has failed to establish how the prohibited substance entered his body. He suggests that someone must have been spiking his drink with the prohibited substance or he has used a contaminated supplement.
decision
The Tribunal has determined that:
1. in contravention of the Anti-Doping Rules there was present in a bodily sample given by the Respondent on February 21, 2010, 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone) which is a Prohibited Substance: Specified Substance on the 2010 Prohibited list and is thereby a specified substance;
2. in respect that there wasn't a Therapeutic Use Exemption granted to the Respondent in accordance with the Anti-Doping Rules that an Anti-Doping Rule Violation was committed by the Respondent;
3. the Respondent has failed to establish how the Prohibited Substance / Specified Substance entered his/her body/system for the purposes of the Anti-Doping Rules;
4. and in respect of the Anti-Doping Rule Violation committed, the Respondent is ineligibility for a period of two years from 26 March 2010 until 25 March 2012 (both dates indusive) with all of the consequences provided for in the Anti-Doping Rules.
