In May 2017 the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the boxer Robbie Turley after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Furosemide in a small concentration. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP).
The Athlete gave prompt admission and he accepted the test results. He acknowledged that he should have been more careful and denied the intentional use of the substance. He explained that at the home of his grandfather he mistakenly had consumed two tablets of Furosemide with the intention of taking Ibuprofen for his bruised knuckles. His grandfather used the Furosemide for his high blood pressure and he inadvertently had used the wrong tablets due to the fact that there was a mix up of different loose medication packs and blister packs in his grandfather’s medicine basket.
UKAD accepted that there was a mix up of medication and contended that the Athlete’s degree of fault was significant.
The Panel finds that the Athlete established how the prohibited substance entered his system and that he acted with No Significant Fault or Negligence in this case with grounds for a reduced sanction.
Therefore the NADP decides on 29 January 2018 to impose a 12 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 7 April 2017.
