Mr Vitalijs Pavlovs is a Latvian Athlete competing in the Latvian Men’s Hockey team at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
On 21 February 2014 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
After notification the Athlete was heard for the IOC Disciplinary Commission.
The Athlete stated that he did not understand how this substance entered his body. The Athlete further informed the Disciplinary Commission that he has been taking food supplements upon the recommendation of the doctor of his club team, Dynamo Riga. The Athlete stated that he followed the instructions of his club team doctor, whom he trusted.
Based on the statements the Disciplinary Commission unanimously concluded that the Athlete had been negligent and had therefore committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant to Article 2.1 of the World Anti-Doping Code, and Articles 2 and 12 of the Rules, in that there was the presence of the prohibited substance, methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine), in his body.
Therefore on 22 February 2014 the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides:
1.) The Athlete Vitalijs Pavlovs is disqualified from the Men’s Play-offs Quarterfinals – Canada vs Latvia match.
2.) The Athlete shall be excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, and shall have his Olympic identity and accreditation card immediately cancelled.
3.) The Athlete’s diploma (for placing 8th) be withdrawn.
4.) The International Ice Hockey Federation is hereby requested to make appropriate mention of the above in the record of the sports results, and to consider whether it should take any further action within its competence.
5.) The Latvian Olympic Committee is hereby requested to return to the IOC, as soon as possible, the diploma awarded to the athlete in relation to the above-mentioned event.
6.) This decision shall enter into force immediately.
