Facts
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) alleges Jacques Bouchard (the athlete) for a violation of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program. On May 27, 2007, the CCES conducted an in-competition doping control at the Canadian Marathon Championships in Ottawa, Ontario. Mr. Bouchard underwent doping control on that date. His sample indicates an adverse analytical finding for the presence of ephedrine measured at 14ug/mL. The presence of ephedrine, classified as a stimulant, above the allowable threshold of 10ug/mL, is named as a prohibited substance in the 2007 WADA Prohibited List. Ephedrine is further classified as a “Specified Substance”.
History
By letter the athlete wants that the CCES revives the actual position and change for a warning only based on the facts that the athlete is not competing anymore, the test was not done on an official race and there was certainly no intention to take it in the idea to improve performances. He reviewed the labels of the products he had taken and that “one does show the name ephedra”, as an indication that the product contained ephedrine.
Decision
It is hereby ordered that the sanction of six months ineligibility proposed by the CCES be imposed upon Mr. Bouchard. Given that there was no provisional suspension imposed upon him, the sanction is hereby deemed to come into effect as of October 12, 2007, the date that this Tribunal communicated its decision without reasons to the SDRCC for distribution to the parties.
