In September 2018 Anti-Doping Norway (ADNO) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the ice hockey player after his A and B sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone in a low concentration.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the NIF Judging Committee.
The Athlete admitted the violation and denied the intentional use of the substance. He could not explain how the prohibited substance had entered his system wheras he believed that a contaminated supplement was the source of the positive test. Yet analysis of several supplements in question showed no prohibited substances.
He asserted that previously he had purchased supplements from different sources and researched the ingredients of these products before using. He also denied that he was educated by his club only to use their supplements in order to avoid supplement contamination. Since he played for his club, 3 weeks prior to the Doping Control, he had only used their supplements.
ADNO contended that the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional nor the source of the prohibited substance since there is no evidence that a contaminated supplement had caused the positive test. Also the Laboratory could not indicate how much of the substance was ingested or when it was ingested.
The Judging Committee finds that the presence of a prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete’s sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The Committee establishes that there is no evidence that showes how the prohibited substance had entered the Athlete’s system, nor evidence that demonstrates that the violation was not intentional.
Therefore the NIF Judging Committee decides on 21 October 2019 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 21 September 2018.