On 19 November 2013 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 4 year period of ineligibility on the respondent E06 after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance benzoylecgonine (metabolite of cocaine).
Hereafter in January 2014 the respondent appealed the AEPSAD decision with the Tribunal Administrativo del Deporte (TAD), the Spanish Disciplinary Committee for Sports.
The Tribunal concludes that the respondent’s argument is weak to request for a reduction of the imposed sanction considering the respondent’s doping history and repeated infringements.
Therefore on 12 March 2014 the Tribunal decides to dismiss the respondent’s appeal and confirmes the AEPSAD decision of 19 November 2013.
