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ISR 2016 NBB Decision Appeal Committee 2016009 B
October 10, 2016
In February 2016 the Dutch Boxing Federation (NBB) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Person after his A and B samples tested positive for stanozolol.
Analysis of the Person’s supplements by the accredited laboratory in Cologne showed they contained no prohibited substances. Analysis of the Person’s cutman cream healing ointment showed that it contained the substance stanozolol.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the ISR-NBB Disciplinary Committee. The Person denied intentional use and stated that the stanozolol came into his body by using the healing ointment.
The Person’s father testified that as his coach he treated the Person's injuries several times with the ointment before and during the competition where he was tested. The father stated that the healing ointment was purchased in Serbia and provided by a friend in a small jar without a label. The father assumed he had purchased and used cutman cream, containing adrenaline, to treat the Person’s boxing injuries.
The Committee accepted the Person’s statement that the stanozolol came into his body through transdermal transfer by using the healing ointment purchased by his father in Serbia. The Committee finds that the Person and his father acted significantly negligent because they failed to research the ingredients of the ointment as medication before using.
Considering the low concentration of stanozolol found in his sample and without intention to enhance his sport performance the ISR-NBB Disciplinary Committee decides on 3 June 2016 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension. Fees and expenses for this committee shall be borne by the Person and the NBB.
