On 13 January 2014 the Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sport (Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud en el Deporte, AEPSAD) decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility and a € 3001,- fine on the respondent E10 after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance 6-hydroxybromantan (bromantan).
Hereafter in February 2014 the respondent appealed the AEPSAD decision with the Tribunal Administrativo del Deporte (TAD), the Spanish Disciplinary Committee for Sports.
The respondent claimed that the substance 6-hydroxybromantan was not mentioned on the list of the prohibited substances and he disputed the reliability of the laboratory and the test method.
The Tribunal concludes that in the certified and accredited laboratory the metabolite 6-hydroxybromantan was detected in the respondent’s sample consistent with the use of the prohibited substance bromantan.
Therefore on 9 April 2015 the Tribunal decides to dismiss the respondent’s appeal and confirmes the AEPSAD decision of 13 January 2014.
