Related cases:
- ISR 2010 NRB Preliminary Decision Disciplinary Committee
2010076 TU
April, 15, 2010
- ISR 2011 NRB Decision Revision Committee 2010076 H
January 27, 2012
In March 2010 the Dutch Rugby Union (Nederlandse Rugby Bond, NRB) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Person after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine). After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Person filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the NRB Disciplinary Committee.
The Person stated that he trained at a professional fitness center and there he purchased the supplement NO Explode. He assumed that this supplement was contaminated with the prohibited substance in spite of his expectation that he had purchased clean supplements. He argued that without intention to enhance his performance he researched the ingredients of the supplement before using and that the prohibited substance wasn’t mentioned on the label.
The Person received the opportunity from the NRB Disciplinary Committee on 15 April 2010 to produce evidence of this contamination. Hereafter in June 2010 the Person and the Committee received the supplement analysis results from the accredited laboratory. The laboratory reported that the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine wasn’t found in the Person’s supplement. The Person assumed that other supplements he had used from his brother might have been contaminated as possible explanation.
Without proof how the prohibited substance entered his body the NRB Disciplinary Committee decides on 30 June 2010 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Person starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 20 March 2010.
