The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Player after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
The FIBA notified the Player and ordered a provisional suspension.
Additionally the Lithuanian basketball club terminated Player’s contract after the results of the doping control were revealed.
The Player filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the FIBA Disciplinary Panel. The Player stated he had used a supplement DMAA (dimethylpentylamine) with other supplements in the period prior to the doping control. Player consulted his team doctor about this supplement DMAA and checked the 2009 WADA List of Prohibited Substances. Therefore the Player assumed the supplement contained no prohibited substance and he had no intention to enhance his performance.
The Panel finds that the Player was negligent in taking so many dietary supplements without ensuring they do not contain a prohibited substance, together without labels in the same bottle.
The Panel considers Player’s statement and the substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine) which became a specified substance in the new 2010 WADA prohibited list. Therefore the FIBA Disciplinary Panel decides a 6 month period of ineligibility starting on the day of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 7 January 2011.
