Related case:
CAS 2013_A_3274 Mads Glaesner vs FINA
January 31, 2014
The Féderation Internationale de Natation (FINA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Swimmer after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance levmetamfetamine.
The FINA notified the Swimmer in February 2013 and ordered a provisional suspension. The Player filed a statement with evidence in his defence and was heard for the FINA Doping Panel.
The Swimmer stated he had used his mother’s Vicks inhaler, purchased in the United States, and did not know it contained a prohibited substance other than the Danish type to which he was used to. The Vicks inhalers, one purchased in the United States and the other in Denmark, have the same white body but different caps.
The Panel accepts Swimmer’s statement and concludes he had no intention to enhance performance. Therefore the FINA Doping Panel decides to impose a 3 month period of ineligibility on the Swimmer starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 19 March 2013. The FINA Doping Panel annulled all results achieved by the Athlete from 14 December 2012 onwards including forfeiture of medals and prizes.
