In August 2012 the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Bongamusa Mbatha after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
At the hearing the Athlete stated that he didn’t use any medication prior to the competition and only used three supplements. Laboratory analysis showed these supplements didn’t contain prohibited substances.
The Athlete disputed the sample collection procedure and claimed that the prohibited substance was in the drink that a black male Doping Control Officer (DCO) gave him in an unsealed bottle of water at the Doping Control Station after he could not provide a urine sample. However evidence showed that there was no African male DCO on duty on the day in question.
The DCO which was on duty on that day testified that he gave the Athlete sealed drinks and that he had the Athlete under observation for more than two hours.
Therefore the SAIDS Disciplinary Committee concludes that the Athlete failed to identify how the substance entered his body and decides to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 14 june 2014.
