Related case:
NADO Flanders 2018 Disciplinary Council 20186668 - Appeal
September 9, 2019
In August 2018 NADO Flanders reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Bulgarian Athlete after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substances Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone and Meldonium.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the Athlete was heard for the NADO Flanders Disciplinary Commission. Later she failed to attend the final hearing.
The Athlete accepted the test result and could not explain how the substances entered her system. She believed that one of the supplements she used was contaminated.
The Commission finds that the presence of the prohibited substances has been established in the Athlete’s sample and accordingly that she committed an anti-doping rule violation. The Commission deems that the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional nor did she produce any evidence that shows that the supplement was contaminated.
Therefore the NADO Flanders Disciplinary Commission decides on 25 June 2019 to impose a fine and a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 30 August 2018.
Fees and expenses for this Commission shall be borne partially by the Athlete.
