Facts
The National Anti-Doping Agency of Romania (Agenţia Naţională Anti-Doping, ANAD) charges Anca Heltne, the athlete, for a violation of the Anti-Doping rules. During a out-of-competition doping control on February 7, 2014, and a in-competition doping control on February 15, 2014, the athlete provided a samples for doping control purposes. Analysis of the samples showed the presence of metabolites of metandienone and dehydrochlormethyltestosterone which are prohibited substance according the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2014 prohibited list. Also she failed twice being present for a doping control on January 21 and 28, 2014.
History
The athlete stated that she accessed the website www.steroizi-shop.com and she ordered the DIANABOL from “GENESIS” and TURINABOL from “BALKAN PHARM”. To acquire possession of the products she set up a meeting in Bucharest with an unknown person whom the athlete paid in exchange for the products – without receiving a receipt or a similar proof of payment. The athlete admitted that she ordered products from the said website several times, and that for each delivery she would meet with a different person.
Her provisional suspension had started from March 11, 2014.
The athlete had been sanctioned earlier with a period of ineligibility of 1 year and a ½.
The panel takes into account that the athlete had given substantial support given for discovering or establishing anti-doping rules violations.
Decision
- The sanction is a period of ineligibility of 8 years.
- The period of ineligibility will commence on June 16, 2014, till March 10, 2022.
