In November 2015 the South African Institute for Drugfree Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Mixed Martial Arts Athlete Peter Nyide after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Hydrochlorothisazide. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered.
The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the SAIDS Anti-Doping Hearing Panel.
The Athlete accepted the test results, denied the intentional use of the substance and claimed that a supplement he had used is the possible source of the positive test.
The Panel finds that the Athlete failed to establish how the prohibited substance entered his system and he was evasive in his explanation about his failure to mention his supplement on the Doping Control while he clearly knew a lot about prohibited substances. In the view of the Panel the Athlete used the substance to avoid a positive test result.
The SAIDS Anti-Doping Hearing Panel decides on 1 March 2016 to impose a 4 year period of ineligiblilty on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 3 October 2015.
