Related case:
ADAK 2019 ADAK vs Purity Jerono Talam
June 3, 2021
In February 2018 the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Purity Jerono Talam after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Oxandrolone. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete requested to test the B-sample but she was not able to pay the costs. She filed a statement in her defence and was heard for the Kenya Judiciary Office of the Sports Disputes Tribunal.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and provided a list of the prescribed medication she used. She gave several possible explanations about how the substance entered her system.
The Panel did not accept the Athlete’s explanations and finds that she failed to establish that the violation was not intentional nor how the substance entered her system whereas she acted with significant risk.
Therefore the Judiciary Office of the Kenya Sports Disputes Tribunal decides on 20 February 2019 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension.
