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CAS OG_2000_11 Andreea Raducan vs IOC
September 28, 2000
Swiss Federal Court 5P_427_2000 Andreea Raducan vs IOC
December 4, 2000
Ms Andreea Raducan is a Romanian minor Athlete (16) competing in the Gymnastics (Artistic) Women’s Individual All-Around event at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Mr Ioachin Oana is the official team physician of the Romanian team at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
On 25 September 2000 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance pseudoephedrine in a concentration above the IOC threshold.
After hearing the IOC Medical Commission and the IOC Executive Board establish that the minor Athlete suffered from a headache, a running nose and a feeling of congestion. As treatment the team physician prescribed and provided to the Athlete a Nurofen Cold and Flu tablet on 20 and 21 September 2000.
The IOC Executive Board deems that the circumstances does not change anything to the fact that there was the presence in the system of the Athlete of a prohibited susbstance as clearly defined as doping in accordance with the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code.
Further the IOC Executive Board deems that the prohibited substance was prescribed by Dr Ioachin Oana and that he clearly was responsible for the anti-doping rule violation.
Regarding the Athlete the IOC Executive Board decides on 26 September 2000:
1.) The athlete Andreea Raducan member of the Romanian (ROM) team, is disqualified from the Gymnastics (Artistic) Women's Individual All-Around competition for use of prohibited substances (Chapter II, Article 2.2 of the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code).
2.) The NOC of Romania (ROM) is hereby ordered to withdraw and return the gold medal and the diploma awarded to the athlete Andreea Raducan for her first place in the Gymnastics (Artistic) Women's Individual All-Around competition.
3.) This decision shall enter into force immediately.
Regarding the team physician the IOC Executive Board decides on 26 September 2000:
1.) The official team physician Ioachin Oana, member of the Romanian (ROM) team, is excluded from the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney and declared ineligible for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City 2002 and the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens 2004.
2.) This decision shall enter into force immediately.
