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- TJD-AD 2019-024 Disciplinary Decision - Swimming
October 11, 2019 - TJD-AD 2020-005 Disciplinary Decision - Swimming
February 19, 2020
On 19 February 2020 the TJD-AD Panel decided to impose a 12 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete after she testes positive for the prohibited substance Furosemide.
In first instance the Panel deemed that the Athlete was unable to demonstrate with sufficent corroborating evidence that the source of the substance was a contaminated supplement. Nevertheless the Panel was willing to accept that the violation was not intentional.
Prior the TJD-AD Panel on 11 October 2019 had granted the Athlete's request to lift the provisional suspension in order to compete in major international sports events.
Hereafter both the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) and the Athlete appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal.
ABCD requested for a more severe sanction and contended that the Athlete failed to demonstrate how the substance had entered her system while she had acted with a high degree of negligence. By contrast the Athlete requested for a more reduced sanction and asserted that she had acted with a low degree of negligence.
Following assessment of the case the Rapporteur deems that the violation was not intentional and that the Athlete had acted with a medium degree of negligence.
Therefore the TJD-Appeal Panel decides on 31 March 2020 the dismiss the appeals filed by ABCD and the Athlete and to uphold the Appealed Decision for the imposition of a 12 month period of ineligibility.