Related case:
TJD-AD 2019-036 Disciplinary Decision - Football
October 18, 2019
On 18 October 2019 the TJD-AD Panel decided to impose a 12 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete after she tested positive for the prohibited substance Isometheptene.
In this matter ABCD was aware that the widely used pain killer Neosaldine was used. This product contained Isometheptene, yet this substance was not mentioned as ingredient on the label. In previous cases, involving Isometheptene and Neosaldina, reduced sanctions were imposed due to No Significant Faul or Negligence.
Hereafter the Athlete appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested for a further reduced sanction.
The Appeal Panel accepts that the violation was not intentional. However within the Panel there were different opinions regarding the Athlete's degree of negligence because of:
- the use of the pain killer was not mentioned on the doping control form;
- the failue to cooperate properly with the proceedings;
- the failure to timely demonstrate the source of the prohibited substance; and
- the circumstances on how the substance had entered her system.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Panel decides on 12 December 2019 by majority to impose a reduced 6 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the decision.
