On 28 June 2017 the Disciplinary Panel of the Polish Anti-Doping Agency (POLANDA) decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the judoka after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Clomifene.
In first instance and in the appeals filed hereafter the Athlete argued with assistance of an expert witness that the findings of the Panels were erroneous, his right of defence violated and that the International Standard of Laboratories (ISL) was incorrectly applied.
The Athlete asserted that several irregularties had been established during the analysis of his A and B samples and that these departures of the ISL would invalidate these test results. Nevertheless the Poland Appeal Panel decided on 12 March 2018 to uphold the Appealed Decision of 28 June 2017.
Again the Athlete appealed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOL). Yet after assessment of the Athlete’s assertions the Tribunal concluded that the Athlete failed to establish that there were any departures of the ISL that would invalidate the test results. Accordingly the PKOL Tribunal decided on 17 December 2018 to dismiss the Athlete’s appeal.
Hereafter in February 2019 the Athlete filed a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court of of Poland against the Decision of the PKOL Court of Arbitration for Sport. However the Supreme Court deems on 9 October 2019 that the Athlete’s allegations are unfounded and that there are insufficient grounds to accept and handle the cassation appeal.
