Facts
The French Federation of American Football (Fédération Française de Football Américain, FFFA) charges respondent M53 for a violation of the Anti-Doping Rules. During a match on March 25, 2006, respondent didn't attend the doping control.

History
The respondent wanted to shower first before the doping control, there were showers at the doping control station. His request to use another facility was denied. Despite explaining the consequences the respondent left the scene. The sports director of the team had written a complaint about the late hour of the doping control.

Decision
1. The sanction is a period of ineligibility of two years in which respondent can't take part in competition or manifestations organized or authorized by the French sport federations.
2. The decision starts on the date of notification.
3. The decision will be published and sent to the parties involved.

In May 2014 2013 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Swedish Athlete Erik Wetterdal after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance terbutaline.

The Athlete admitted the use of the substance and submitted a TUE, issued by the Swedisch Sports Confederation, which was previously not submitted for recognition by the ISU.
The Athlete needed an application for an ISU TUE, in addition to the Swedish TUE, but it was unclear for the Athlete whether he or de Swedisch Federation should make the application. Therefore no application was filed for an ISU TUE when the Athlete tested positive for the substance terbutaline.
The Athlete mentioned the substance on the Doping Control Form and showed his Swedisch TUE to the Doping Control Officer.

The Panel concludes that the Athlete used prescribed medication to cure his disease with a Swedish TUE and without intention to enhance his sport performance. Due to the degree of fault of the Athlete is low the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 3 July 2014 to impose a reprimand and a warning with disqualification of his results obtained at the Championships of 8 March 2014.

In April 2014 2013 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Chinese Athlete Chang Liu after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance prednisolone.

The Athlete stated that he suffered from a ankle injury after a training session in January 2014 and that local injections were administered of prednisolone and lidocaine in a clinic. The Athlete admitted that he failed to mention these injections on the Doping Control Form.

The Panel concludes that the Athlete acted negligently but also that the prednisone and lidocaine were administered for the Athlete’s ankle injury without intention to enhance his sport performance.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 15 May 2014 to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 22 January 2014.

Related case:

CAS 2014_A_3510 Sandra Ristivojević vs ISU
September 10, 2014

In December 2013 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the minor Serbian Athlete Sandra Ristivojević for her failure to be available for doping control. Here the Athlete had already left the ice rink before ensuring that she had not been selected.

The Athlete stated that she fell ill after the match and returned to the hotel, she had a temperature of 38,9° and that she fell asleep after having taken an anti-pyretic medicine. Her mother the team leader, felt ill too and could not go to the ice rink to inform the doping control team about the illness of her daughter.

The team leader argued that there was no information at the hotel about time, schedules, telephone numbers of the organizer or doping control panel or the doping control team. The organizers on the other hand did contact neither the team leader nor the Athlete. Also the team leader admitted that she didn’t attend the team leaders meeting prior to the competition, because she was ill.
These statements of the Athlete and the team leader did not convince the ISU Disciplinary Commission.

The Athlete stated that next morning her attempts to be tested at the event were refused because it was not authorized by the event organizer.
After reviewing several statements it remains unclear for the ISU Panel why the Athlete was not tested by the control team together with other athletes, although she was present and the ISU Sport Director had given his permission to test the Athlete. Also requests of the President of the Serbian Skating Association did not result in testing the Athlete in spite of the event was still going on.

Because of these exceptional circumstance the Panel rules that the Athlete bears no significant fault or negligence in this case.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 1 february 2014 to reduce the suspension and to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the decision.

In November 2013 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Russian Athlete Oksana Nagalati after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance furosemide. After notification the Athlete filed a statement in her defence and waived her right to be heard for the ISU Disciplinary Commission.

The Athlete stated that she used the medication “Kagocel” on advice of her physician fort the treatment of her respiratory disease, and that she took one pil of furosemide on advice of her mother’s family doctor because of oedema on her face and body. The Athlete admitted that she forgot that furosemide is on the WADA prohibited list.

The Panel concludes that furosemide was prescribed and used to cure the Athlete’s oedema and without intention to enhance sport performance or mask the use of a performance enhancing substance.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 27 December 2013 to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 14 September 2013.

In April 2013 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the South Korean Athlete Joo Hyung-Joon after he failed to be tested before the selection was posted. The Athlete was recalled from the hotel and returned to the rink where he provide a sample with a negative test result.

The ISU Disciplinary Commission finds that the Athlete made the mistake to leave the ice rink before checking whether he had been selected for anti-doping testing. His carelessness is regrettable but can’t be considered as a gross offence.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 27 December 2013 to impose a reprimand and a warning with disqualification of his results obtained at the Championships on 21-24 March 2013.

On May 2012 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Russian Athlete Pavel Kulizhnikov after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. After notification the Athlete filed a statement in his defence.

The Athlete submitted that due to a cold with fever he used a herbal medicine Umkalor for the treatment of his respiratory disease and he checked the ingredients of the product before using. The Athlete stated that he stopped using the medicine a few day before arriving in Japan on 21 February 2012.
The Athlete asserted that the positive test result could have been caused only by Umkalor because it contained the ingredient “pelagonium sidoides”, the Latin name for geranium (methylhexaneamine). However the Montreal laboratorium reported that “pelargonium sidoides” in the Umkalor is not known to contain the substance methylhexaneamine.
In addition the Tokyo laboratory reported that the concentration methylhexaneamine found in the Athletes sample cannot be explained by the use of Umkalor. With Umkalor excluded as the source of the prohibited substance, the ISU requested the Russian team physician for a detailed list of the nutritional supplements and drugs provided to the Athlete from 21 February to 4 March 2012. Nevertheless none of the products on the list could explain the positive test result.

Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission concludes that the Athlete could not establish how the prohibited substance entered his body and that there are no grounds for exceptional circumstances.
Therefore the ISU Discilinary Commission decides 31 August 2012 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 4 March 2012.

In March 2012 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Kazakh Athlete Alexander Klenko after he failed to be tested. Here the Athlete had already left the ice rink before ensuring that he had not been selected.
The Athlete was recalled from the hotel and returned to the rink where he provide a sample with a negative test result.

The ISU Disciplinary Commission finds that the Athlete made the mistake to leave the ice rink before checking whether he had been selected for anti-doping testing. His carelessness is regrettable but can’t be considered as a gross offence.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 31 May 2012 to impose a reprimand and a warning with disqualification of his results obtained at the Championships on 2-4 March 2012.

In March 2012 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the American Athlete Mitchell Whitmore after he failed to be tested. Here he had already left the ice rink before ensuring that he had not been selected.
The Athlete was recalled from the hotel and returned to the rink where he provide a sample with a negative test result.

The ISU Disciplinary Commission finds that the Athlete made the mistake to leave the ice rink before checking whether he had been selected for anti-doping testing. His carelessness is regrettable but can’t be considered as a gross offence.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 31 May 2012 to impose a reprimand and a warning with disqualification of his results obtained at the Championships on 28-29 January 2012.

In March 2012 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the American Athlete Mary Grace after her sample tested positive for the prohibited pseudoephedrine with a concentration above the WADA threshold.

The Athlete submitted that she suffered from nasal and chest congestion prior to and during the championships where she provided a sample. Therefore she used the medication Allegra D (fexofenadine) since 2009 and mentioned the use of Allegra D to the Doping Control Officer, which the DCO erroneously recorded as “daily”. The Athlete stated that she didn’t know that Allegra D contained a level of pseudoephendrine, which is only allowed to be used with training and when tested “out-of-competition”.

The Panel accepted the Athlete’s statement and concludes that she had no intention to enhance her sport performance with a concentration of the substance found in her sample too low to have a performance enhancing effect.
Considering the Athlete bears a modest degree of fault, the ISU Disciplinary Commission decides on 31 May 2012 to impose a 4 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 15 January 2012.