On 22 September 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 on the respondent after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
Hereafter in October 2014 the respondent appealed the AEPSAD decision with the Tribunal Administrativo del Deporte (TAD), the Spanish Disciplinary Committee for Sports.
The respondent admitted he purchased and used the product Jack-3d without research of the ingredients and he didn’t know it contained a prohibited substance. The respondent argued that he used the product only during training without intention to enhance his performance and he referered to similar cases with athletes sanctioned only for a period between 6 and 12 months.
The Tribunal concludes that respondent failed to research the ingredients of the supplement before using it and failed to mention the supplement on the Doping Control Form.
Considering jurisprudence of similar cases the Tribunal decides to partially accept the respondent’s appeal and to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the respondent.
