In April 2020 the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the U Sports wrestler Jasonpreet Bains after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substannce Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (Turinabol). After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the SDRCC Doping Tribunal.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and believed that he acted without significant fault or negligence. He testified that at his home's kitchen he had used his brother's protein powder when he run out of his supply while he was unaware that his brother's protein powder contained the prohibited substance. He took this protein powder 2 or 3 days before testing and it never occurred to him to move his supplements out of the kitchen and away from his brother.
The Montreal Lab reported that based on the test result the last administration of the substance would have been probably several weeks before and not 2 or 3 days before testing as alleged by the Athlete. The Athlete maintained that he took the protein powder 3 days before testing.
The CCES contended that the Athlete failed to establish that the violation was not intentional and that the Athlete's and his brother's evidence is not credible.
Considering the evidence in this case the Arbitrator is willing to accept that the violation was the result of a contaminated protein powder. However the Athlete failed to demonstrate that his actions were not intentional.
Therefore the SDRCC Doping Tribunal decides on 1 September 2020 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 3 April 2020.