Related case:
SAIDS 2016_53 SAIDS vs Timothy Abbot
March 9, 2017
On 9 March 2017 the SAIDS Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee decides on 9 March 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the cyclist Timothy Abbot (54) after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substances Testosterone, 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol and 5β-androstane-3α,17β-diol.
The Panel ruled that the Athlete failed to establish how the substances entered his system nor could he demonstrate that the prohibited substances did not enhance his performance in any way. The Panel considered that in the past the Athlete had served a period of ineligibility in 1989 and that he should have known better. The Panel further noted that there were delays in the proceedings not attributed to the Athlete.
Hereafter in March 2017 the Athlete appealed the decision of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee with the Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal of South Africa.
The Athlete requested the Appeal Panel for a reduced sanction and argued that the violation was not intentional. He denied that he knowingly or deliberately had used the prohibited substances and had demonstrated how these substances entered his system. The Athlete asserted that the Disciplinary Panel erred in considering his prior anti-doping violation committed in 1989 and had ignored the fact that he is an amateur veteran cyclist.
The Appeal Panel finds that the Athlete failed to provide any reasonable explantation as to how the substances entered his system nor that his degree of fault had to be interpreted differently.
Therefore the Anti-Doping Appeal Tribunal decided on 2 October 2017 to dismiss the Athlete’s appeal and to uphold the decision of 9 March 2017 of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee.
