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ISR 2021 KNAU Decision Appeal Committee 2020004 B
March 16, 2022
In December 2020 the Royal Dutch Athletics Association (KNAU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Person after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance LGD-4033 (Ligandrol).
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the ISR KNAU Disciplinary Committee.
The Person denied the intentional use and could not explain how it the substance had entered his system. He assumed that a contaminated supplement had caused the positive test. Yet Analysis of 2 supplements in question did not reveal the presence of any prohibited substance.
The Dopingautoriteit contended that the presence of a prohibited substance had been established in the Person's samples and accordingly that he had committed an anti-doping rule violation without grounds for a reduced sanction.
The Disciplinary Committee finds that the Athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation and failed to establish that the violation was not intentional nor how the substance had entered his system. It observes that the Person, after analysis of 2 supplements, made no additional requests for analysis of other supplements or medication in order to find the source of the positive tests.
Therefore the ISR KNAU Disciplinary Committee decides on 22 April 2021 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Person starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 14 October 2020.
Fees and expenses for this committee shall be borne by the Person.
