Related case:
UKAD 2014 UKAD vs Vahid Hosseinpoor
August 6, 2014
On 6 August 2014 the National Anti-Doping Panel decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete Vahid Hosseinpoor - starting on 3 June 2014 until 3 June 2016 - after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Tamoxifen.
In 2015 and 2016 UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) received reports that the Athlete trained several times at a Wrestling Club despite being banned. After igonoring several warnings UKAD submitted on 12 August to the Athlete the decision to impose a new 2 year period of ineligibility starting on the date that the first sanction will end, i.e. on 2 June 2016 until 2 June 2018.
Hereafter in August 2016 the Athlete appealed the UKAD decision to impose a new sanction with the National Anti-Doping Panel.
The Athlete admitted and accepted that by training he was in breach of the initial decision but in circumstances where he did not know that he was not allowed to train at Club affiliated to the Britisch Wrestling Associaton (BWA). The Athlete stated that he acted with some degree of fault and he argued that some circumstances mitigated the level of fault shown by him.
The Panel establish that the Wrestling Club was an affiliated member of the BWA at the time the Athlete trainined there in 2015 despite being banned. Also the Panel finds that the Athlete’s fault is no reason to reduce the imposed 2 year sanction.
However the Panel determine that the Athlete’s previous admission to UKAD in an interview in June 2016 is a significant circumstance as reason for reduction of the standard sanction by half.
Therefore the National Anti-Doping Panel decides on 13 January 2017 to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete in addition to the original period of ineligibility, starting on 2 June 2016 until 2 June 2017.
