Related case:
UKAD 2015 SRU vs Darren Eales
June 19, 2015
In July 2019 the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the rugby player Darren Eales after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol.
Previously in June 2015 a 2 year period of ineligibility was imposed on the Athlete after he tested positive for multiple prohibited substances.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the National Anti-Doping Panel. Serious health problems effected the Athlete's ability to participate in the proceedings resulting in extentions and postponements of the hearings. Ultimately the Panel decided to press on and to settled the case based on the written submissions of the parties.
The Athlete gave a prompt admission and denied the intentional use of Stanozolol. He claimed that the positive test was the result of a contaminated supplement he had used.
UKAD contended that the Athlete had committed a second anti-doping rule violation and had failed to provide any submissions and/or evidence to substantiate his claims relating to a lack of intention and the consumption of a contaminated product.
The Panel establishes that after delays in the proceedings the Athlete failed to produce any evidence that demonstrates that the prohibited substance was in a contaminated product, that the violation was not intentional, nor how the substance had entered his system. Further the Panel considers that the Athlete gave a prompt admission and that this was his second anti-doping rule violation.
Therefore the National Anti-Doping Panel decides on 11 November 2020 to impose an 8 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 23 February 2019.
