On 16 May 2018 the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal decided by majority to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Pentathlon Athlete after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substances GW501516 and Oxandrolone.
Hereafter the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) appealed this Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Panel and requested for a sanction of 4 years.
The Athlete provided an explanation for the presence of Oxandrolone as a result of the mix up of her father's prescribed Oxandrolone capsules with her supplement capsules. Nevertheless the Athlete could not explain the presence of GW501516 because her supplements were not analysed for contaminations. ABCD deemded that due to inconsistencies in her conduct she failed to establish the violation was not intentional.
The Rapporteur regards that the presence of the prohibited substances has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that she committed an anti-doping rule violation.
Considering the circumstances in this case the Rapporteur deems that she could not demonstrate with corroborating evidence that contamination had cause the positive test result.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Panel decides to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 15 December 2019.
