In September 2017 the Disciplinary Commission of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided to disqualify the results of the Mongolian wrestler Orkhon Purevdorj after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol.
Hereafter the case was transferred to United World Wrestling (UWW) and proceedings were opened in September 2018 against the Athlete. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in her defence and she was heard for the UWW Anti-Doping Panel.
The Athlete accepted the test results and explained that an intravenous injection was administered to her and other wrestlers in July 2018 by her club’s doctor. She also raised the hypothesis that sabotage caused the positive test result.
The Panel established that the product in question administered through intravenous injection was made of soybean oil and lecithin and there was no indication on the label of the product that it contained any anabolic steroid. Neither produced the Athlete any evidence that this product had been contaminated.
The Panel holds that the intravenous injection was administered without medical necessity and it can be regarded as a prohibited method M2 in the prohibited list. Previously the Athlete’s accusation of sabotage was already investigated but it did not result in any charge for sabotage or any other violation.
The Panel finds that both theories raised by the Athlete are speculations and do not satisfy the degree of proof placed on her to establish how the substance entered her system nor grounds for a reduced sanction.
Therefore the UWW Anti-Doping Panel decides on 15 February 2019 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 17 September 2018.
Further the Panel decides to impose a CHF 20’000 fine on the Mongolian Wresting Federation.
