In September 2010 the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the International Volleyball Federation, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Ukrainian Athlete Nataliya Chernetska after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance furosemide. After notification the Athlete filed a statement in her defence and was heard for the FIVB Anti-Doping Hearing Panel.
The Athlete stated that she suffered from swellings during airflights and therefore used the free available product Furosemid-Darnitsa. She didn’t know the product contained a prohibited substance and she used it two days before the doping control.
The Hearing Panel considers that the Athlete had no intention to cheat and that she was at fault due to she failed to research the ingredients on the label of the product before using it and without consulting any doctor.
Therefore the FIVB Anti-Doping Hearing Panel decides on 4 November 2011 to impose a 18 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the Athlete’s last competition, i.e. on 26 September 2011.
