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TJD-AD 2020-007 Disciplinary Decision - Football
May 7, 2020
On 7 May 2020 the TJD-AD Panel decided to impose only a warning on the football player after he tested positive for the prohibited substance Enobosarm (Ostarine) due to a prescribed contamined supplement he had used.
Hereafter het Prosecution appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested for a more severe sanction.
The Prosecutor contended that the Athlete had acted with a higher degree of Negligence because he didn't mention his supplements on the Doping Control Form. Further he disputed the doping incidents that occurred within the Athlete's football club where prescriptions were issued for supplements as for prohibited substances.
In view of the evidence the Rapporteur confirmes the conclusion of the TJD-AD Panel in first instance that the Athlete's violation was not intentional and that he acted with No Significant Fault or Negligence. The source of the prohibited substance was a contaminated supplement compounded in a pharmacy.
The Rapporteur agrees that an investigation is needed into the football club's Athlete Support Team where besides prescriptions for supplements also prohibited substances were prescriped.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Panel decides on 24 June 2020 to dismiss the Appeal and to uphold the Appealed Decision of 7 may 2020 for the imposition of a warning on the Athlete without a period of ineligibility. Further the Appeal Panel ordered an investigation into the conduct of the Athlete Support Personnel of the football club in question.