On 12 September 2014 la Fédération Française de Savate Boxe Française et Disciplines Associées (FFSBFDA) - The French Federation for Savate, French Boxing and Associated Disciplines - decides to impose a 6 month period of ineligibility on the Respondent M53 after his sample tested positivie for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
Because the FFSBFDA Appeal Body failed to handle the Respondent’s case within the time limit the AFLD obtained under the Rules in October 2014 automatically jurisdiction to proceed with the case. In the meantime the Respondent had filed an appeal with the French Administrative Tribunal in Melun which decided on 25 November 2014 to suspend the imposed sanction and on 14 April 2015 to annul the FFSBFDA decision of 12 September 2014.
In his defence the Respondent disputed the validity of the sample collection procedure and the authorization of the Doping Control Officer. The AFLD ruled that these were valid and during the proceedings the Respondent admitted that in the week before the sample collection he had used several times the supplement Jack 3D purchased on the internet. He stated that he used the product without intention to enhance his performance and he argued that he had researched the ingredients of the supplement before using the supplement.
The AFLD did not accept the Respondents statement and concludes that he had acted negligently and had used the supplement jack 3D with the intention to enhance his performance.
Therefore the AFLD decides on 22 October 2015 to impose a 1 year period of inegligibility less the period already served and starting on the date of the notification of the decision to the Respondent M53.
