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September 23, 2021
On 27 September 2021 the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD) decided to impose a 2 month period of ineligibility on the football player after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Dexamethasone.
Here the Athlete admitted the violation and explained that he had received medication for his injury administered by a physiotherapist. The Athlete believed that the physiotherapist possibly had administered a medication containing a prohibited substance.
In First Instance the Rapporteur deemed it plausible that the Athlete's violation was not intentional and that he had demonstrated how the substance had entered his system with grounds for No Significant Fault or Negligence.
Hereafter the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested for a sanction of 4 years.
ABCD finds that there were insufficient grounds in the Appealed Decision for the imposed sanction of 2 months. It contended that the Athlete failed to establish how the substance had entered his system because the medication Cytoneurin in question does not contain Dexamethasone. Also there was evidence that this medication was purchased by the club just 23 days after the sample collection.
The Rapporteur of the Appeal Tribunal upholds the conclusion that the Athlete's violation was not intentional. Yet, he agrees with ABCD's contention that the Athlete failed to demonstrate how the prohibited substance had entered his system.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal decides on 12 November 2021 to impose a 24 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 12 August 2019.
