Related case:
TJD-AD 2021-013 Disciplinary Decision - Football
August 16, 2021
On 16 August 2021 the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD) decided to impose an 8 month period of ineligibility on the football player after he tested positive for the prohibited substances Hydrochlorothiazide and Sibutramine related to a product he had used.
In First Instance the TJD-AD Rapporteur had considered the circumstances and the Athlete's conduct in this case. He established that the label of the Athlete's product in question did not list the prohibited substances although the Athlete had failed to demonstrate sufficiently that this product in question was the source of these substances.
Hereafter the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested the Panel for a more sever sanction on the Athlete.
The Rapporteur of the Appeal Tribunal assessed the conduct of the Athlete and the alleged precedent of the Appealed Decision. He concludes that under the Rules there are no grounds for mitigating circumstances that justifies the sanction of 8 months, nor grounds to address the precedents in the Appealed Decision.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal decides on 30 September that the ABCD Appeal is partially admissible and to impose a 24 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete.
