After a police investigation and a confession the Norwegian District Court decided on 26 November 2014 to impose 198 hours of community service on the Athlete for possession and transfer of the substances Stanozolol and hCG.
Hereafter in June 2017 Anti-Doping Norway (ADNO) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete for Trafficking. After notification the Athlete filed a statement in his defence and without a hearing the NIF Judging Committee settled the case based on the written submissions of the parties.
The Athlete admitted the violation and request for a proportional sanction. He argued that the findings of ADNO were erroneous whereas he had provided a fulle confession to the police and ADNO.
He asserted that he had never been active as trainer of school children or young people as alleged, nor in organized sports. He only had been participated occasionally as coach and football player. After his conviction he lost his job and he ceased his ambitions for sports.
ADNO acknowledged that there were no grounds for a sanction of 6 year and that there had been delays in the proceedings while the Athlete had not received all the communications due to ADNO had used an incorrect address, email address and telephone number.
The Judging team establishes that the Athlete had been a member of a sports team in 2011 and was active as a football coach in 2012 while he was involved in doping at that time. Further he had been active in sports in the period 2013-2015.
The NIF Judging Committee considers that the Athlete had admitted the anti-doping rule violation, yet deems that there are no grounds for a further reduction of the sanction, nor for the delays in the proceedings in this case.
Therefore the NIF Judging Committee decides on 18 December 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the Decision.
