Facts
The Royal Netherlands Power Sport and Fitness Federation (Koninklijke Nederlandse Krachtsport en Fitnessfederatie, KNKF) charged the athlete for a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules. During an in-competition doping test a sample for doping test purposes was provided. The sample tested positive on a metabolite of metandienone. Metandienone is a prohibited substance according the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list of 2010, it is regarded as a non-specified substance.
History
The athlete sent a written defence and waived his right for a hearing, the case was handled in writing. The athlete claims that the prohibited substance must have entered his body because he had used an unknown food supplement from a friend. He had not checked the ingredients.
The panel concludes that the explanation was based on assumptions, he failed to proof how the prohibited substance had entered his body. However it is the personal responsibility for the athlete to take care no prohibited substances can enter his body, for this reason there is no reduction in the standard period of ineligibility, also there were no aggravating circumstances.
Decision
- The sanction is a period of ineligibility of two years, starting from the day of the decision, with reduction of the period spent in voluntary suspension.
- The athlete will bear the costs for the proceedings of the disciplinary committee.
