In November 2016 the South African Institute for Drugfree Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the rugby player Inus Vermeulen after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substances Methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine) and Stanozolol. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the SAIDS Doping Hearing Panel.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the prohibited substances and claimed that the samples were sabotaged or contaminated as his urine sample was left open, exposed and unattended for a period of time during the sample collection.
SAIDS contended that the Athlete failed to produce any evidence that show departures of the ISTI and he failed to explain how the prohibited substance entered his system.
The Panel agrees that Athlete failed to demonstrate that his samples were sabotaged and contaminated nor did he establish that it entered his system through the unintentional consumption of the prohibited substances. Therefore the Doping Hearing Panel decides on 10 July 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 3 November 2016.
