In October 2016 the National Doping Control Commission of Chile (CNCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the boxer Yerko Bravo Rojas after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Stanozolol.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Disciplinary Panel of the Tribunal de Expertos en Dopaje (TED).
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and explained that due to his work he suffered from a chronic back injury and despite medical treatments he did not recover. Recommended by a friend at the gym as treatment he was was injected with a medication while he was unaware that this was a prohibited substance. He asserted that in his personal circumstances he was less aware of prohibited substances.
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.
The Panel considers the Athlete's personal circumstances in this case and accepts that the substance was not used intentional with grounds for a reduced sanction.
Therefore the TED Disciplinary Panel decides on 10 April 2017 to impose 10 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 11 October 2016.
