In June 2018 the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the minor swimmer after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Higenamine. Further ABCD charged the sports doctor for complicity regard the Athlete's prescription for Higenamine.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the case was referred to the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD).
The Rapporteur finds that the presence of the prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation. There is also sufficient evidence that the sports doctor had prescribed Higenamine for the minor Athlete.
The Rapporteur deems that the minor Athlete's violation was not intentional and that he acted with a low degree of negligence. However he deemed that the sports doctor had acted with a high degree of negligence with aggravating circumstances due to the prescription of Higenamine for a minor Athlete.
Therefore the TJD-AD Panel decides by majority on 7 June 2019:
- to impose a 2 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 23 February 2018; and
- to impose a 3 year period of ineligibility on the doctor, starting on the date of the sample collection.
