- SAIDS 2019_18 SAIDS vs Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle
June 25, 2020 - SARU 2011 SARU vs Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle & Bjorn Basson
January 27, 2011 - World Rugby 2014 WR vs Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle
June 16, 2015
on 25 June 2020 the SAIDS Disciplinary Panel decided to impose an 8 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete for his second anti-doping rule violation after he tested positive for the prohibited subsance Zeranol. Hereafter the Athlete appealed the Decision with the SAIDS Appeal Committee.
The Athlete argued that the Appealed Decision and findings of the Panel was erroneous and disproportional. He asserted that during the Doping Control departures occurred of the relevant Standards and Regulations whereas the report of the Doping Control Officer (DCO) was untrue.
SAIDS contended that the presence of a prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's A and B samples and accordingly the he had committed a second anti-doping rule violation. The Athlete failed to demonstrate with any evidence that the alleged departures would or could have caused the positive test result. Also he failed to prove that the violation was not intentional, nor the source of the prohibited substance.
Considering the evidence in this case the Appeal Committee finds that the Athlete failed to prove on a balance of probability that there was a departure of the ISTI. Whilst there may have been a departure from the ISTI, such a departure could not have caused the positive test results.
Further the Athlete failed to demonstrate on a balance of probability that there was a partial sample. The alleged omission by the DCO on the chain of custody can't be viewed as a breach, neither as a departure that would invalidate the entire doping control process.
Finally the Appeal Committee concludes that the Athlete failed to establish the origin of the prohibited substance nor that the violation was intentional. Accordingly the Appeal Committee deems that the Athlete's violation was intentional and that he had committed a second anti-doping rule violation.
Therefore on 9 November 2020 the SAIDS Appeal Committee decides to dismiss the Athlete's appeal and to uphold the Appealed Decision and the imposed sanction of 8 years.
