Related case:
TJD-AD 2020-003 Disciplinary Decision - Football
May 18, 2020
The Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the football player after his A and B samples, collected in September 2019, tested positive for the prohibited substances Chlorothiazide, Furosemide and Hydrochlorothiazide.
The Athlete admitted the violation and assumed that the supplement Natural Detox he had used was contaminated. Analysis of this supplement confirmed the presence of Hydrochlorothiazide as contaminant.
Thereupon in March 2020 the Athlete and ABCD reached an agreement for an accepted sanction of 10 months and the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD) was requested for ratification of this agreement.
However the TJD-AD Panel deemed that in this case the source of the substance Furosemide remained unexplained whereas the Athlete only had admitted the use of the supplement Natural Detox.
Consequently on 13 May 2020 the TD-AD Panel decided to dismiss the ratification of this agreement. Hereafter the case was referred to the TJD-AD in order to render a decision.
Following assessment by the parties' expert witnesses the Rapporteur upholds the conclusion that the Athlete's contaminated supplement in question contained only the prohibited substance Hydrochlorothiazide. Yet, the Athlete failed to explain the presence of Furosemide in his sample, nor established a possible second contamination.
Finally the Rapporteur considers that there is no evidence that the violation was intentional and that there had been delays in the proceedings not attributed to the Athlete.
Therefore the TJD-AD Panel decides on 29 January 2021 to impose an 18 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 29 September 2019.
