Related case:
SAIDS 2016_06 SAIDS vs Lauren Lincoln
April 12, 2016
On 12 April 2016 the SAIDS Anti-Doping Hearing Panel decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the duathlon Athlete Lauren for testing positive for the prohibited substance testosterone as a result of the medication she had used.
Hereafter the Athlete appealed the Hearing Panel decision with the Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal of South Africa. The Athlete argued that she used the medication without intention to enhance her sport performance. She asserted that she is a recreational athlete, had not receive anti-doping education and she was not advised by her doctor that the medication she used contained the prohibited substance.
SAIDS accepted that the imposed sanction was incorrect and the Panel concludes that the Athlete was extremely ill and also is the Panel doubtful whether the Athlete could continue as an athlete while pumped full of pills and injections.
Without intention to cheat the Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal of South Africa decides on 21 November 2017 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete.
