The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance stanozolol.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The minor Athlete and his father filed a statement in his defence and the father was heard for the Disciplinary Committee.
The father stated that the Athlete only ingested the substances which he had declared on his Doping Control Form. He, the Athlete and his trainer were unable to explain the presence of the prohibited substance in his sample.
Without exceptional circumstances to take into consideration the SAIDS Disciplinary Committee decides to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. 6 March 2012.
