Related case:
World Athletics 2023 WA vs Carina Horn
August 2, 2023
In September 2019 the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for World Athletics has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the South African Athlete Carina Horn after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substances Ibutamoren and LGD-4033 (ligandrol).
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. Analysis of the Athlete's supplement Mutant Madness in the Bloemfontein Lab and again in the Lausanne Lab revealed the presence of LGD-4033 in both an unsealed and a sealed bottle of Mutant Madness. Analysis of other supplements in question in the Lausanne Lab showed the presence of Ibutamoren in a sealed bottle of Amplify Whey.
The Athlete argued that she had ingested two contaminated supplements, Mutant Madness and Amplify Whey, which were analysed by two different WADA-accredited laboratories and which
- (i) detected LGD-4033 in the unsealed bottle of Mutant Madness with lot number #50381 used by the Athlete
- (ii) detected LGD-4033 in a sealed bottle of Mutant Madness with the same lot number #50381 and
- (iii) detected Ibutamoren in a sealed bottle of Amplify Whey which had been purchased form the same store that the Athlete had previously purchased the Amplify Whey that she used.
In support of her explanations the Athlete filed witness statements and an expert report about her use of the products Mutant Madness and Amplify Whey at the relevant time.
Finally in June 2021 the Athlete admitted the violation, denied the intentional use of the prohibited substances, waived her right for a hearing and accepted the sanction proposed by the AIU. She asserted that she had demonstrated how the substances had entered her system.
Independent scientific advise for the AIU confirmed that the Athlete's explanations were consistent with the presence of the substances in the samples. As a result the AIU concludes that the Athlete's has established that the probable source of the LGD-4033 and Ibutamoren are the products Mutant Madness and Amplify Whey.
Therefore the AIU decides on 10 September 2021 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 13 September 2019.
