In June 2013 the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the International Volleyball Federation, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Chinese Athlete Jinling Chu after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance hydrochlorothiazide. After notification the Athlete and the Chinese Volleyball Confederation filed a statement in their defence and the Athlete was heard for the FIVB Disciplinary Panel.
The Athlete admitted she purchased and used two slimming products in order to loose weight and didn’t know that one of these products contained a prohibited substance due to she could not read the product information on the label written in Thai. Chinese Laboratory analysis confirmed that the substance hydrochlorothiazide was found in the Thai slimming product.
The Panel considers that the Athlete had not intention to cheat or to mask the use of a substance to enhance her sport performance. Also the Athlete was at fault due to she purchased online in Thailand and Japan products to lose weiht without consulting her support personnel.
Therefore the FIVB Disciplinary Panel decides on 10 July 2013 to impose a 14 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on 6 May 2013.
