On 31 March 2015 la Fédération Française de Boxe (FFBoxe), the French Boxing Federation, decided to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Respondent M47 after her sample tested positive in December 2014 for the prohibited substances prednisone and prednisolone.
Hereafter in May 2015 the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) opened disciplinary proceedings against Respondent M47.
At the AFLD hearing the Respondent stated that she suffered from a nose condition and underwent nose surgery in September 2014. After the surgery she used prescribed glucocorticosteroid medication as treatment and mentioned her medication on the Doping Control Form. She argued that she acted in good faith and since February 2015 she retired from competition.
The AFLD concludes that the Respondent had acted careless with her medication and decides on 8 October to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Respondent starting on the date of the notification of the FFBoxe decision to the Respondent, i.e. on 29 April 2015.
