Related case:
ISR 2016 NBB Decision Disciplinary Committee 2016009 T
June 3, 2016
On 3 June 2016 the ISR-NBB Disciplinary Committee decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Person after his A and B samples tested positive for stanozolol.
The Disciplinary Committee accepted the Person’s explanation that the violation was non intentional and that the stanozolol came into his body through transdermal transfer by using a healing ointment purchased by his father in Serbia.
Hereafter in July 2016 the Anti-doping Authority Netherlands (Dopingautoriteit) appealed this decision with the ISR-NBB Appeals Committee. The Dopingautoriteit requested the Appeal Committee to annul the decision of the ISR-NBB Disciplinary Committee and to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility.
The Dopingautoriteit did not accept the Person’s possible explanation and the confirming testimonies of his family. The Dopingautoriteit argued that there were inconsistancies in their witness statements about the ointment the have purchased and used and the sample of the ointment that they presented to be tested in the accredited laboratory.
The Appeal Committee agreed that the Person only produed a probable explanation and without new evidence he failed to prove how the substance came into his body.
Without grounds for reduction the ISR-NBB Appeals Commission decides on 10 October 2016 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Person.
Fees and expenses for this committee shall be borne by the Person.
