Facts
The International Rugby Board (IRB) charges Kolyshkin Vadym (the player) for committing a doping offence. An urine sample provided in the course of a doping control test was taken at the European Nations Cup match between Romania and Ukraine in Bucharest, Romania, on 18 March 2005, the sample contained a Prohibited Substance, 11-nor-delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid (Cannabinoids) at a concentration of higher than 15ng/ml.
History
The Player did not avail himself of the opportunity of having the “B” sample of his specimen analysed. In a translated writing he explained that because of a strong pain in his knee he went to a chemist’s shop and bought an anaesthetic according to the chemist’s advice. He took 6 pills, and my pain reduced. He doesn’t use this medicine any more. He doesn't remember the name of the medicine. He didn’t take any other medicine before.
Decision
The Player should be suspended for six months. We have ascertained that, aside from a mid-season break of two weeks, such a term will coincide with the playing season in Ukraine. Accordingly we direct that the period of suspension should run from 27 April 2005 (the date upon which the Union advised the Board that it had provisionally suspended the Player) until and including 26 October 2005.
