Related case:
CAS 2013_A_3075 WADA vs Laszlo Szabolcs & ANAD
August 12, 2013
In August 2012 the Agenţia Naţională Anti-Doping (ANAD), the National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Laszlo Szabolcs after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
After notification ANAD ordered a provisional suspension and the ANAD Hearing Commission postponed the date of the hearing in August 2012 due to the Athlete was out of the country.
Hereafter the Athlete file a statement in his defence and he was heard for the ANAD Hearing Commission. The Athlete stated he used a supplement provided by a person he knew. He argued that before using he researched the ingredients of the supplement on the internet and double-checked 1,3 dimethylamylamine as a prohibited substance on the ANAD and WADA website. He had no intention to enhance his performance and did not know that 1,3 dimethylamylamine is another name for methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
On 20 September 2012 the Romanian Hearing Commission decides to impose a 3 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 7 August 2012.
In November 2012 WADA appeals this decision with the Romanian Appeal Commission and hereafter in February 2013 with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
