In July 2016 World Rugby has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Russian rugby player Oxana Korobchuk after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in her defence and she waived her right to be heard.
The Athlete admitted the violation and submittted that she suffered from a hip injury and that she had received injections from a private doctor without her knowledge that a prohibited substance was administered.
World Rugby contended that the Athlete failed to produce any evidence about the claimed medical treatment and the injections she received from an unidentified doctor. Neither did the Athlete establish that the violation was non intentional.
The World Rugby Judicial Committee concludes that there are no grounds for a reduced sanction and decides on 9 October 2016 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 7 July 2016.
