In July 2022 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Vinit after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Metandienone.
Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI).
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and assumed that a contaminated supplement was the source of the positive test result. However analysis of his supplements in the New Delhi Laboratory did not reveal any prohibited substances.
The Athlete did not accept the test report from the New Delhi Laboratory and produced a test report from another laboratory showing the presence of contaminants in his supplements.
The Panel finds that the presence of a prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation.
Regarding the Athlete's supplements the Panel considered only the test report from the New Delhi Laboratory and not the Athlete's alternative test report. The Panel deems that the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional, nor that he had acted carefully with his supplements.
Therefore the Panel decides on 3 April 2023 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 7 July 2022.