In March 2017 the National Doping Control Commission of Chile (CNCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the weightlifter Alberto Paolo Crocco Araya after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substances Drostanolone and Stanozolol.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he did not attend the hearing of the Disciplinary Panel of the Tribunal de Expertos en Dopaje (TED).
The Athlete denied the charges, was retired since 2014 and questioned the reliability of the test result. He disputed the circumstances during the sample collection, the procedural errors during the notification and the missed opportunity to test the B-sample.
The Panel finds that the presence of prohibited substances had been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The Panel deems that the asserted irregularities can not explain the presence of the prohibited substances in his sample without any grounds for a reduced sanction.
Therefore the TED Disciplinary Panel decides on 10 October 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 3 March, 2017