Mr. Kisialiou is an athlete from Belarus in the sport op IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport, participating in the 2010 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has reported an anti doping rule violation against Mr. Ihar Kisialiou (the Respondent) after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance 11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (a metabolite of cannabis).
The IPC notified Respondent of the doping violation and ordered a provisional suspension.
The notification letter enclosed a letter “Letter of Decision” for the Respondent to complete and return to IPC no later than 28 December 2010.
On 27 December 2010, the Respondent returned the Letter of Decision to the IPC. In the letter, The Respondent signed that he accepted that he did not have a TUE granted for the prohibited substance; that he accepted a provisional suspension starting on the date of the notification of an adverse analytical finding (18 December 2010); that he accepted the results of the A sample analysis; that he expressly waived the right of B sample analysis; that he accepted to have committed an anti-doping rule violation in accordance with Article 2.1 of the Code; and that he accepted the consequences of the anti-doping rule violation as proposed.
By returning the “Letter of Decision”, duly completed and signed, the Respondent accepts an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.1 of the Code, and accepts the proposed sanction.
The IPC Anti-Doping Committee recommends as follows:
(a) The Respondent is automatically disqualified of his individual results obtained in the 2010 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships from the date of 6 November 2010 onward, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes won;
(b) A two year period of ineligibility, commencing as from the date of the provisional suspension, is imposed on the Respondent. As such, the Respondent is declared ineligible from 18 December 2010 until 17 December 2012;
(c) The disqualification of all competition results including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes obtained subsequent to the sample collection on 6 November 2010, if any exist.
On 11 January 2011 the IPC Governing Board accepted the recommendation of the IPC Anti-Doping Committee.
