Previously the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD) decided to impose a 3 month period of ineligibility on the football player after he tested positive for the prohibited substance Cocaïne in a low concentration.
Hereafter the Brazilian Doping Control Authority appelad the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested the Panel for the imposition of a 3 year period of inelibibility on the Athlete.
ABCD contended that the Athlete had denied the violation and failed to establish how the substance entered his system due to his lack of cooperation. Accordingly he failed to demonstrate that the use of Cocaïne occurred out-of-competition, nor in a context unrelated to sports performance.
In view of the evidence in this case the Rapporteur concludes that the Athlete's use of Cocaïne was not intentional and unrelated to sports performance, whereas the concentration found in the Athlete's sample was below the WADA threshold.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal decides on 30 September 2021 to uphold the imposed sanction of 3 months on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e on 2 March 2021.
