On 21 July 2023 the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI) decided to impose a 1 year period of ineligibility on the wrestler Seema Bisla for her 3 Whereabouts Failures within a 12 month period.
- 1 Q3 Filing Failure recorded on 14 December 2022;
- 1 Q4 Filing Failure recorded on 29 December 2022;
- 1 Missed Test on 4 December 2022, recorded on 3 May 2023
Hereafter both the Athlete and the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) appealed the ADDPI decision with the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel of India (ADAPI).
The Athlete explained that she comes from a poor and humble background and at the material time she struggled with her father's cancer and his death. She argued that she had not received proper anti-doping education whereas she ultimately filed her Q4 2022 Whereabouts.
She deemed that the recorded Missed Test and the anti-doping rule violation should be annuled. She asserted that on the same day of the Missed Test she provided a sample that tested negative.
The Appeal Panel determined that the Athlete indeed had a Missed Test on 4 December 2022, despite she provided a sample on the same day. As a result the Athlete's 3rd Whereabouts Failure stands and consequently she committed an anti-doping rule violation.
Further the Panel considered that Athlete's conduct in this case and finds that she acted with a low degree of fault. The Panel deems that the sanction of 1 year is appropriate in this case.
Therefore the ADAPI decides on 8 April 2024 to uphold the ADDPI Decision of 21 July 2023 and to confirm the sanction of 1 year imposed on the Athlete.
