In February 2019 the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the boxer Alexis Barrière after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol. After notification the Athlete gave a prompt admission, waived his right for a hearing, accepted the provisional suspension and the sanction proposed by CCES.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and explained with evidence that he was the victim of a prank at a party since he was unaware that his friends had added a substance to his beverage. This substance added to the Athlete's beverage was later determinded to be contaminated with Stanozol. The Athlete's friends had also no knowledge that the supplement they added in the Athlete's drink was contaminated.
The CCES accepts that the violation was not intentional and holds that the evidence provided by the Athlete was reliable and credible. Analysis in the Lab of the both open and sealed bottles of the supplement in question confirmed the presence of Stanozolol which was not listed as ingredient listed on the label of the product.
Furthermore the concentration of the prohibited substance found in the Athlete's sample was consistent with the ingestion as stated by the Athlete's and the witnesses.
the CCES establish that there is No Significant Fault or Negligence in this case while the Athlete’s degree of fault is low. Therefore the CCES decides on 4 March 2020 to impose a 5 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 21 February 2019 and ending on 20 July 2019.
