Related case:
TJD-AD 2019-205 Disciplinary Decision - Football
April 5, 2019
On 5 April 2019 the TJD-AD Panel decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the football player after he tested positive for the prohibited substances Androsterone, Etiocholanolone and Testosterone with its Adiols.
In first instance the Panel concluded that the Athlete failed to demonstrate how the substances had entered his system. Also he had acted negligently with his supplements and he failed to mention the alleged contaminated supplement in question on the Doping Control Form.
Hereafter in May 2019 the Athlete appealed this Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal and requested for a reduced sanction.
The Appeal Panel determines that the presence of the prohibited substances had been established in the Athlete's samples and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The Rapporteur concludes that the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional. There was insufficient evidence of supplement contamination, nor had he demonstrated how the substances had entered his system.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Panel decides on 4 July 2019 to dismiss the Athlete's appeal and to uphold the Appealed Decision for the imposition of a period of ineligibility of 4 years, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 21 January 2018.
