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Ms. Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle is a German Athlete competing in Women’s Biathlon events at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
On 20 February 2014 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
Therefore on 21 February 2014 the IOC Disciplinary Commission decides that the Athlete is disqualified from the biathlon events and excluded from the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
Due to the IOC sanction the International Biathlon Union (IBU) started proceedings against the Athlete. After notification by IBU the Athlete filed a statement in her defence and was heard for the IBU Anti-Doping Hearing Panel (ADHP)
The Athlete stated she used the product Shisandrea, as recommended by her nutritional advisor, and didn’t know it contained a prohibited substance. She and her advisor researched the product before using and she had no intention to enhance her performance.
Without mitigating circumstances the ADHP decides on 14 July 2014 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 17 February 2014.
