Facts
The French Federation of Volley-ball (French Volleyball Federation, FFVB) charges respondent M62 for a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules. During a Volleyball match on January 15, 2011, a sample was taken for doping test purposes. The sample showed the presence of tuaminoheptane. Tuaminohetane is a prohibited substance according the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list and is regarded as a specified substance.

History
The respondent explains that the positive test derives from medication used against a acute nose cold. It was used daily as a spray, from January 12 - 16, 2011. A medical certificate from the physician is provided.

Decision
1. The sanction is a period of ineligibility of two months in which respondent can't take part in competition or manifestation organized by the FFVB.
2. The decision (a warning), dated April 14, 2011, of the disciplinary committee of the FFVB is cancelled.
3. The decision starts on the date of notification.
5. The decision will be published and sent to the parties involved.

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (KNBSB), the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation, has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance cannabis.

At the hearing the Athlete admitted the use of cannabis. Without intention to enhance sport performance the KNBSB Disciplinary Committee decides to impose a 9 month period of ineligibility, starting on 1 July 2011.

The Dutch National Hockey Association (Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond, KNHB) has reported an anti doping rule violation against this person after he tested positive for the prohibited substance carboxy-THC (a metabolite of cannabis).
Person was heard for the Committee and stated, supported by witnesses, he had used a joint at a party twee days prior to competition and had no intention to enhance his performance.
The Disciplinary Committee concludes that person violated the anti-doping rules and, considering exceptional circumstances, decides for ineligibility for 12 weeks.

Related case:
NHV 2011 NHV Decision Appeal Committee 2011028 B
August 27, 2011

The Dutch Handball League (Nederlands Handbal Bond, NHB) has reported an anti doping rule violation against this person after he tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine (dimethylpentylamine).
The NHB notified the person of the doping violation and ordered a provisional suspension. Person filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the Committee.
Person stated it used a contaminated supplement as stimulant for training and didn’t know the supplement contained a prohibited substance. Person didn’t inquire about the ingredients in the supplement nor did it make inquiries for relevant information.
The committee concluded that person violated the anti-doping rules and decided for ineligibility for 2 years.
Fees and expenses for this committee shall be borne by person and NHV.

Performance Enhancing Drugs Pose a Significant Health Risk for Athletes, Children and Youth : Final Report of the Task Force on the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Football / Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport: 2011

Doping poses a threat to sport worldwide, including Canadian sport. It undermines the principles of open, fair and safe competition. It devalues these principles of sport in general and puts the athlete under unreasonable pressure. It seriously affects the image of sport and poses a serious threat to individual health. Young athletes participating in amateur sport are no exception. At the international, national, and university sport level, the fight against doping must take into account detection and deterrence, prevention, and health and education dimensions.
To that end, and in response to the unprecedented positive results of urine and blood doping control out-of-season testing conducted on CIS football players in the spring and early summer of 2010, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport convened a Task Force of experts to examine the issue of performance-enhancing drug use in football. The Task Force was motivated by a unanimous concern regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs in the sport of tackle football.
The Task Force membership would like to recognize the University of Waterloo and its Athletic Director, Mr. Bob Copeland, for the leadership they have demonstrated in their efforts to better understand how this situation occurred and to develop an action plan to deter the use of performance enhancing substances by future football players and the student-athlete population at large.
The University of Waterloo immediately commissioned a review of their football program in relation to the use of banned substances, led by retired Waterloo Regional Police Service Chief Larry Gravill and University of Waterloo Professor Emerita, Dr. Mary Thompson. Their final report was considered during this Task Force’s deliberations and is referenced in this document. Mr. Copeland also chaired the Ontario University Athletic (OUA) Performance Enhancing Drugs Education Task Force.

Their work has informed and complements the work contained within this report. The Task Force on the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Tackle Football is optimistic that the recommendations contained within this report will influence the development and implementation of innovative doping prevention programs which transcend the student-athlete population from high school through college and university football.
Further recommendations as they relate to intelligence and investigations work will enhance doping control sample collection procedures to target athletes and increase the effectiveness of testing programs. And finally, the Task Force is hopeful that this document will generate positive discussion and dialogue across government departments, including Health Canada and Sport Canada, with all orders of government including provincial and
territorial education ministries, with sport authorities, and corporate Canada, in an effort to discover new ways of educating athletes about the serious health consequences of using performance enhancing substances and to deter and prevent doping.
The Task Force undertook a comprehensive examination and reached consensus on issues in six main areas:
Testing and Analysis, Education, Intelligence, Policy/Sanctions, Partner Engagement and Costs/Funding.

Recommendations for action are presented in each section of this report.
Some key recommendations include:
• Anti-doping and ethical decision making education should be incorporated in the provincial and territorial curriculum to target young athletes in and out of the sport of football. And, health education that focuses on body image and performance enhancing drug use should be included for all students;
• Performance enhancing drug education should be mandatory for coaches, strength and conditioning personnel, and other administrators;
• Significantly increase testing from the current level of 2-3% to 30% of the total number of football players;
• Establish a ‘report doping in sport’ hotline and associated web-based reporting tool supported by an effective communications plan to promote the resource;
• Further consequences, beyond player ineligibility (CADP Sanctions) should be applied to teams and institutions; and
• Development of transparent cost sharing agreements between anti-doping organizations, government, corporate sponsors, institutions, sport organizations and professional football should be considered.

Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Respondent after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance 1-3 dimethylpentylamine (Methylhexaneamine). After the notification a provisional suspension was ordered. Respondent filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the Tribunal.

Respondent admitted the violation and gave evidence that the violation was due to him taking two supplements which he bought online. He did not investigate the ingredients of the products other than referring to their labels. He believed they were energy drinks, containing Caffeine and Creatine, that would help him get over being tired from his job and give him energy to train. He was aware of athletes in other sports who took one of the products and assumed both products were safe to take. At the hearing, he gave evidence and acknowledged that the ingredient lists for both products listed Methylhexaneamine but stated he had not been aware Methylhexaneamine was prohibited.

The Tribunal accepts, by a narrow margin, that he had established he had not intended to enhance sports performance but was focused on overcoming work tiredness. The Tribunal takes into account in mitigation that: he was upfront in his declaration at the time of testing that he had been taking one of the products; that the work factor which motivated him into taking the supplements was extraneous to his swimming activities; and that he admitted the violation and accepted he was wrong to rely on informal assurances rather than making a proper enquiry.

Therefore the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand decides to impose a 12 month period of ineligibility on the Respondent starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 14 December 2011.

Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Respondent after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Canrenone (metabolite of Spironolactone). After notification a provisional suspension was ordered and Respondent was heard for the Tribunal.

Respondent admitted the violation and gave evidence that it was due to her use of Sprionolactone that she had been prescribed for a medical condition. She was first prescribed Spironolactone in 2005 and this prescription was repeated when she later became a patient of a different GP, who is also a sports doctor, in 2008. Respondent is a former New Zealand equestrian representative but had not competed in that sport for some time. She took up running in 2008 and in 2010 won, or achieved places, in regional and national competitions.
On the evidence, Respondent did not advise her current doctor at any stage that she was now running at a national level nor did she check with the doctor whether her prescribed medication may possibly be banned in sport. Her doctor was not aware she was competing at a national level, otherwise her doctor would have advised Respondent to apply for a therapeutic use exemption.
A Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) was granted to Respondent following an application made after the drug test, for six month effective from 28 April 2011.

The Tribunal considers that Respondent did not take Spironolactone to enhance her performance and that she was clearly not a “drugs cheat”. However, an athlete cannot avoid personal responsibility by “leaving it” to a doctor.
Therefore the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand decides to impose a 3 month period of ineligibility on the Respondent starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 5 May 2011.

Latrelatie met de rug (Dutch title)

We want a back that is wide and full, but little effort and looking at your lat spread in front of the mirror isn't going to make it happen. You cannot keep overlooking the backside of your back! That would make you wide but empty, and that is a damn shame! Go back to the back and keep it that way instead of living apart together...

This video is part of the True Strength (Eigen Kracht) campaign of the Dopingautoriteit. A campaign that warns gym users and bodybuilders for the health risks of doping use and offers healthy and effective alternatives (training, recovery, nutrition, nutritional supplements, mental techniques).

Nut en nadeel van smokkelen (Dutch title).

Normally strength exercises should be done in a strict manner to put proper stress on the muscles and to avoid injuries. But sometimes it is wise to cheat a little. Strength and conditioning trainer Milan de Rode shows how to do this correctly.

This video is part of the True Strength (Eigen Kracht) campaign of the Dopingautoriteit. A campaign that warns gym users and bodybuilders for the health risks of doping use and offers healthy and effective alternatives (training, recovery, nutrition, nutritional supplements, mental techniques).

Overtraining (Dutch title).

To build more muscle with strength training you must train vigorously and then fully recover. Strength and Conditioning trainer Milan de Rode explains how to avoid overtraining.

This video is part of the True Strength (Eigen Kracht) campaign of the Dopingautoriteit. A campaign that warns gym users and bodybuilders for the health risks of doping use and offers healthy and effective alternatives (training, recovery, nutrition, nutritional supplements, mental techniques).