Facts
The UK Anti-Doping Limited (UKAD) charged Kenneth Anderson, the athlete, for an omission of the Anti-Doping Rules. During a match on October 20, 2012, a sample was taken for doping control purposes. Analysis of the sample showed the presence of amphetamine, which is a prohibited substance according the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list.
History
The athlete denies knowingly ingesting amphetamine or any other
banned substance before the fight. He said he would regard amphetamine as more of a hindrance than a help to his performance since he needs to be calm and collected when he fights, and understands amphetamine has the opposite effect. He recalled having been offered speed by his sister at the night club after the fight and began to wonder if the positive test result had anything to do with his sister who uses drugs. Someone confessed putting speed in Mr Anderson's coffee the night before the fight. The athlete made an official complaint of criminal conduct at the police station.
However the police station didn't provide any report related to this case.
The scientific evidence is inconclusive, the tribunal cannot know the time and date of ingestion, nor the dose, thus having no positive scientific evidence to corroborate the spiking claim.
Decision
1. The sanction is a period of ineligibility of two years from 9 November 2012, the date with effect from which the Athlete was provisionally suspended.
2. The Athlete's results from the bout on 20 October 2012 are disqualified.
3. The prize money of £15,000 must be repaid to the British Boxing Board of Control.
