JADCO 2009 JADCO vs Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill & Lansford Spence
August 9, 2009
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JADCO 2009 JADCO vs Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson, Allodin Fothergill & Lansford Spence
August 9, 2009
On 9 August 2009 the JADCO Disciplinary Panel decided to dismiss the charges against the 4 Jamaican athletes after they tested positive for the substance 4-Merhyl-2-hexanamine. Here the Panel deemed that the substance 4-Merhyl-2-hexanamine was not biologically similar to the prohibited substance Tuaminoheptane and that there was no evidence that 4-Merhyl-2-hexanamine was mentioned on the WADA 2009 Prohibited List.
Hereafter the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) appealed the decision of 9 August 2009 with the Jamaica Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal. In this appeal both parties filed an agreed memorandum.
In this memorandum the Athletes accepted the test results showing the presence of 4-Merhyl-2-hexanamine in their samples. This substance was not mentioned on the 2009 WADA Prohibited List although WADA deemed that 4-Merhyl-2-hexanamine has a similar chemical structure or similar biological effects to the prohibited substance Tuaminoheptane, which indeed was included on the Prohibited List.
JADCO accepted that the Athletes established that the violations were not intentional, that they did conduct a proper supplement research before using this product and didn’t act negligently. JADCO acknowledged that the Athletes were misled by the product information on the website of the manufacturer.
The Appeal Panel considers the findings in the agreed memorandum, that the substance in question was not mentioned on the WADA 2009 Prohibited List and that the Athletes had researched their supplements before using.
Therefore the Jamaica Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal decides on 14 September 2009 to impose a reprimand and a 3 month period of ineligibility on the Athletes.
Hereafter in 2010 the substance 4-Merhyl-2-hexanamine was included on the WADA Prohibited List as Methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
