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ADAPI 2023_27 Ajay Kumar vs INADA
September 4, 2023
In February 2023 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the volleyball player Ajay Kumar after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
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 admitted the violation and denied the intentional use of the substance. He alleged with evidence that he had received medical treatments in hospitals for his condition and had used prescribed medication that probably contained the prohibited substance.
INADA contended that the Athlete failed to demonstrate with corroborating evidence that the violation was not intentional, nor the source of the prohibited substance whereas had acted negligently.
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.
In view of the evidence Panel deems that the Athlete's medical information and prescribed medication did not identify the source of the prohibited substance, nor that the violation was not intentional.
Therefore the Panel decided on 5 July 2023 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 22 Februar 2023.
