The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the Athlete was heard for the Disciplinary Committee.
The Athlete pleaded guilty and her father explained that she had ingested a supplement which she obtained from a friend of her father.
The Committee is comfortably satisfied that there was no intention to enhance performance which was corroborated by her father’s evidence that she was sick from the flu and sought merely an immune booster.
The SAIDS Disciplinary Committee decides to impose a 6 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension and ending on 21 August 2012 the date of the decision.
