In March 2015 the Irish Sports Council (ISC) has reported an Anti-Doping Rule Violation against the Athlete IS-3103 (the Athlete) after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance stanozolol.
The Athlete in question was a trainer of Gaelic football and also participated in competition. He admitted the doping offence and stated that he had used tablets Anavar10 as pain relief for his injury. The tablets were analyzed and they tested positive on Stanozolol. He prompt admitted the violation, but wished to dispute and/or seek to mitigate the consequence before the Gaelic Athletic Association Anti-Doping Hearing Committee (GAAADHC). He disputed the authority of the ISC. However the ISC showed that each athlete in an competition can be tested.
The Committee concludes that the Athlete unknowingly had taken steroids and that his violation was not intentional.
Therefore the Committee decides to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the notification of the violation.
