In July 2016 the National Doping Control Commission of Chile (CNCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the wheelchair basketball player Dario Andrés Ortiz Fuentes after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Cannabis in a concentration above the WADA threshold.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Parathlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Disciplinary Panel of the Tribunal de Expertos en Dopaje (TED).
The Parathlete accepted the test result and admitted the violation. He denied the intentional use of the substance and explained that he had used Cannabis as treatment for the severe pain he suffered due to his paraplegia.
The Panel finds that the presence of the prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation. The Panel accepts that the violation was not intentional and considers that it occurred out-of-competition.
Therefore the TED Disciplinary Panel decides on 14 November 2016 to impose a 6 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 29 July 2016.
