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UKAD 2021 Philip Bowes vs UKAD - Appeal
April 14, 2022
In October 2020 the United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the boxer Philip Bowes after his A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substance Ostarine 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 National Anti-Doping Panel.
The Athlete gave a prompt admission, denied the intentional use of the substance and requested for a reduced sanction. He asserted that positive test was the result of a contaminated product, yet analysis of his supplements and products he had used revealed no prohibited substances. Supported by expert witnesses he argued that the violation was not intentional and that the analysis of his fingernail and toenail must be allowed by UKAD.
Although the Athlete gave a prompt admission UKAD contended that the Athlete failed to establish that the violation was not intentional, nor the source of the prohibited substance.
The Panel 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. Further the Panel concludes that the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional.
Therefore the National Anti-Doping Panel decides on 5 August 2021 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 2 September 2020.