In October 2018 the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete J-5977 after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Clomiphene. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Japan Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (JADDP).
The Athlete accepted the test results and denied the intentional use of the prohibited substance. He assumed that one of the supplements he had used was the source of the positive test and he had mentioned these supplements on the Doping Control Form. He could not demonstrate with evidence how the substance entered his system since he already had deposed the containers of these supplements after they were depleted. He had already retired from athletics.
The Panel accepts that the violation was not intentional and that he failed to establish how the substance entered his system. Therefore the JADDP decides on 12 February 2019 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 11 October 2018.
