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- SARU 2011 SARU vs Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle & Bjorn Basson
January 27, 2011 - World Rugby 2014 WR vs Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle
June 16, 2015
The South African Institute for Drugfree Sport (SAIDS) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the rugby player Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Zeranol. After notification the Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the SAIDS Disciplinary Panel.
This is the Athlete's 3rd anti-doping violation. His first postitive test in 2010 resulted in a No Fault or Negligence Decision and was settled with a reprimand. His 2014 positive test was considered a first anti-doping rule violation and a sanction of two years was imposed.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the prohibited substance but could not explain how it entered his system. SAIDS requested the Panel to impose an 8 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete for his third anti-doping rule violations.
The Panel establish that under the Rules this is the Athlete's second anti-doping rule violation and that he failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional nor how the prohibited substance entered his system. Further the Panel considered that there were delays in the proceedings not attributed to the Athlete.
Therefore the SAIDS Disciplinary Panel decides on 25 June 2020 to impose an 8 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 17 January 2019.
