Facts
The National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania (Agenţia Naţională Anti-Doping, ANAD), charged Stancu Danut, the athlete, for a violation of the anti-doping rules. Following a in-competition doping control conducted on January 15, 2014 at a bobsleigh sport event held in Sistraus, Austria, the analytical result of the athlete Stancu Danut sample with code 2774754A indicated a testosterone/epitestosterone ratio higher than 4, which represents an atypical result. The Agency asked the Doping Control Laboratory in Bucharest to perform the radioactive isotope mass spectrometry (IRMS) analysis. The result of this analysis indicated the exogenous origin of etiocholanolon, androsterone, testosterone, 5βAdiol and 5αAdiol, these substances are prohibited according the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2014 prohibited list.
History
The athlete stated he had used the dietary supplement Tribulus Terrestris from the Weider Company and he had administrated himself diprofos and he had not used testosterone or other steroids. He also said that after receiving the notification on the determined result, he conducted a research on the Internet where he found a document of Weider Company outlining that the product used could be the one that led to a positive result; however he did not submit the document to the Commission.
Decision
- The sanction is a period of ineligibility of two years.
- The period of ineligibility starts from the date of the current decision, February 24, 2014 till February 23, 2016.
- During this period the athlete must send his whereabouts information and undergo four no advance notice doping tests.
- The decision will be sent to the parties involved.
