Related case:
SAIDS 2015_01 SAIDS vs Zanmare Terblanche
December 22, 2015
On 22 September 2015 the SAIDS Anti-Doping Hearing Panel decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the cyclist Zanmare Terblanche after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Metandienone. The Athlete failed to file a statement in her defence nor did she attend the hearing of the Anti-Doping Hearing Panel.
Hereafter in April 2016 the Athlete appealed the decision of the Anti-Doping Hearing Panel with the SAIDS Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal.
The Athlete accepted the test results, argued that the violation was not intentional and that there are grounds for a reduced sanction. She explained that she suffered from overweight and in order to loose weight she had purchased on the internet a product Extreme Lava she thought was a fat burner. She asserted that previously she had not received any education around doping issues and was totally unaware of the existence of SAIDS and WADA or the Rules.
The Appeal Tribunal accepted the Athlete’s explanation and that the violation was not intentional.
Therefore the SAIDS Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal decides on 3 May 2016 to annul the sanction of 4 years and to impose a 2 year period of ineligiblility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 30 April 2015.
