In August 2022 the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Nigerian Athlete Grace Nzubechi Nwokocha after her A and B samples tested positive for the prohibited substances Enobosarm (Ostarine) and LGD-4033 (Ligandrol).
Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in her defence and she was heard for the CGF Court.
CGF deemed that the Athlete had tested positive for the presence of two prohibited substances and accordingly that she committed an anti-doping rule violation. Consequently her results obtained at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games shall be disqualified.
Further CGF contended that the Athlete had not demonstrated how the prohibited substances had entered her system. CGF considered the Athlete's explanation speculative and insufficient to determine the source of substances.
The Athlete accepted the test results and denied the intentional use of the substances. She asserted that there had been an inadvertent ingestion of a contaminated substance for which she was not negligent or at fault.
She argued that she had checked her supplements befor using and that prior she was tested without issues. She assumed that the source of contamination was a teammate who drunk from her drinks bottle.
None of the supplements the Athlete had used at the Games had been tested for contaminants. Further she had attempted to contact the manufacturers of her supplements about contaminations.
Following assessment of the evidence the Panel determines that the CGF has establised that the Athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation to its comfortable satisfaction. The Panel deems that the Athlete had failed to demonstrate that she bore No Fault or Negligence.
Therefore the CGF Court decides on 17 May 2023 to disqualify the Athlete's results obtained at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with all resulting consequences.
