Related case:
TJD-AD 2023-002 Disciplinary Decision - Football
October 13, 2023
In March 2023 the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) reported two anti-doping rule violations:
- against the football player after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance 19-norandrosterone (Nandrolone).
- against his sports doctor for the administration of the prohibited substance.
Consequently the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD) decided on 16 October 2023:
- to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the sample collection, i.e. on 4 March 2023.
- to impose a 30 year sanction on the doctor and to report his conduct to the Federal Council of Medicine and the Brazilian Society of Sports Exercise Medicine.
The Panel ruled that there was no medical justification for the use of Nandrolone as treatment for the Athlete's injury. No medical evidence had been produced, nor was there an application of a TUE.
Hereafter the Athlete and the doctor appealed the Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Panel. Yet, in view of the evidence, the Rapporteur dismissed the doctor's appeal completely.
Regarding the Athlete the Rapporteur considers his actions as intentional and as an anti-doping rule violation. Nevertheless, he acknowledged the Athlete's substantial assistance in the case against the doctor which accordingly serves as a justification for a reduction of his sanction.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Panel decides on 21 February 2024:
- to dismiss the doctors appeal and to uphold the sanction of 30 years; and
- to set aside the 4 year sanction imposed on the Athlete and to impose a 2 year sanction because of his substantial assistance in the case against the doctor.
