In November 2016 the National Doping Control Commission of Chile (CNCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the canoeist Jose Miguel Tafra Quitral after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Drostanolone.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the Disciplinary Panel of the Tribunal de Expertos en Dopaje (TED).
The Athlete admitted the violation and denied the intentional use of the substance. He stated that the substance was used out-of-competition to uphold his strenght.
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 did not accept the Athlete's explanation and deems that the use of the substance is always prohibited in-competition and out-of-competition.
Therefore the TED Disciplinary Panel decides on 9 June 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 21 November 2016.