Related case:
World Athletics 2021 WA vs Fernanda Martins (1)
August 4, 2021
On 4 August 2021 the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal decided to impose a 2 month period of ineligibility on the Brazilian Athlete Fernanda Martins after she tested positive for the prohibited substance Enobosarm (Ostarine).
The Sole Arbitrator concluded that the violation was not intentional due to a contaminated supplement and that there was no evidence that the Athlete acted reckless. The Arbitrator deemed that the Athlete's Fault is at the lowest end of the permissible range and that she cannot be faulted simply for using a compounding pharmacy.
Hereafter in September 2021 the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for World Athletics appealed this Decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Yet the AIU, the Athlete and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) subsequently entered into a Case Resolution Agreement. The Athlete acknowleged that she committed an anti-doping rule violation and accepted the sanction proposed by the AIU.
Therefore World Athletics decides on 10 February 2022 to impose a sanction of 9 months and 16 days on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 1 August 2021.
