Facts
The United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) had charged Rhys Williams, the athlete, for a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules. On June 17, 2014, during an out-of-competition doping control samples were taken for doping test purposes. The samples of the athlete showed the presence of a metabolite of several exogenous anabolic steroids including methyltestosterone and metandienone. These exogenous steroids are prohibited substances according the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2014 prohibited list.
History
The athlete used supplements for which he had checked the manufacturers, unfamiliar ingredients were checked on the Global Drug References website. When checking for the supplement that caused the positive test the manufacturer didn't want to pay the fee for other batches to be tested, the original batch had been tested with negative results. The manufacturer was surprised about the positive result of the doping test, his logical explanation was that something must have gone wrong during the blending, manufacturing or package process.
Because of the fact that his sanction was reached after 1 january 2015 Lex mitior was applied because the new ruling of the WADA has a lesser severe penalty for this violation.
Decision
- The period of Ineligibility imposed is four months commencing on 24 July 2014.
- The athlete is disqualified from the race he ran on July 11 2014,
