In September 2023 United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Finnish boxer Robert Helenius after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Clomifene. Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the Athlete filed a statement in his defence.
The Athlete admitted the violation and denied the intentional use of the substance. He assumed that the Clomifene entered his system through the consumption of eggs and chicken meat in his diet.
UKAD accepted that the Athlete's violation was not intentional. However UKAD deemed that he failed to demonstrate with any corroborating evidence that eggs and chicken meat in question were the source of the prohibited substance.
Therefore UKAD decides on 27 June 2024 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 18 September 2023.
