Related case:
TJD-AD 2020-012 Disciplinary Decision - Cycling
July 16, 2020
On 16 July 2020 the TJD-AD Panel decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete after she tested positive for the prohibited substances Canrenone and Oxandrolone.
In first instance the Panel deemed that the Athlete failed to demonstrate how the Oxandrolone had entered her system. She also failed to prove that the violation was not intentional, nor grounds for a reduced sanction.
Hereafter the Athlete appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested for a reduced sanction.
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substances and asserted that she only had participated as an amateur cyclist. She explained the use of Canrenone and how the Oxandrolone possibly had entered her system.
ABCD contended that the Athlete failed to demonstrate how the substance Oxandrolone had entered her system. It also rejected the Athlete's assertion that she only competed as an amateur cyclist and that she had not received anti-doping education.
Following assessment of the case the Rapporteur agrees with ABCD's contentions and does not accept any of the Athlete's assertions.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Panel decides on 12 August 2020 to dismiss the Athlete's appeal and to uphold the Appealed Decision for the imposition of a sanction of 4 years.
