Hockey goalkeeper Akash Chike’s two-12 months dope suspension Thursday was reduced to thirteen months after the National Anti-Doping Agency concluded that the player did now not take the prohibited substance “intentionally”.
Chicken, a former India player, was provisionally suspended by NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) for not less than two years for the usage of banned anabolic steroid (Norandrosterone) at some point of an out-of-competition test at some point of the senior crew’s hockey camp in Bengaluru on February 27 remaining yr.
But Chitke’s punishment has been decreased by the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) following listening to here Thursday.
“The Disciplinary Panel, after going through all the facts, concluded that the appellant had now not committed the anti-doping violation deliberately,” the ADAP said in its judgment.
Hockey goalkeeper Akash Chike’s -year dope suspension Thursday was reduced to thirteen months after the National Anti-Doping Agency concluded that the participant no longer takes the prohibited substance “deliberately”.
Chitke, a former India participant, became provisionally suspended via NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) for at least years for using a banned anabolic steroid (Norandrosterone) throughout an out-of-opposition look at all through the senior group’s hockey camp in Bengaluru on February 27 last yr.
However, the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) has decreased Chitke’s punishment following a hearing here on Thursday.
“The Disciplinary Panel, after going through all the acts, concluded that the appellant had no longer devoted the anti-doping violation deliberately,” the ADAP stated in judgment.
“We are therefore of the opinion that the ineligibility of four years (later reduced to at the very least two years) imposed on the appellant is faulty and ought to be substituted by way of the benefit available to the appellant underneath the NADA Anti-Doping Rules, 2015.
“We at this moment regulate the order of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel and subsequently the ineligibility of 4 years under Article 10.2.1 from the date of the appellant’s provisional suspension, i.E. 27-03-2018, is modified to a duration of 13 months,” it brought.
Chitke’s urine sample document had Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) for 19-Norandrosterone (19 NA, metabolite of Nandrolone or its Precursor) at an awareness level extra than 15 ng/ml, Androgenic Anabolic Steroid, which is a non-exact substance as in line with NADA/WADA prohibited list.
Once Chitke’s ‘B’ pattern also confirmed comparable AAF locating, a listening was carried out on August 13, the last 12 months. The participant was regarded before the panel and stated he had consumed medicines prescribed by his doctor to remedy the index finger on his left foot.
While it was proved that Chitke neither sought a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) Certificate) nor did he talk about the injection taken on the Doping Cont form; he found out that he had no information about the infusion prescribed with the aid of the health practitioner whom he consulted in Pune.
Thus, he became capable of avoiding the maximum sanction of four years, and he later appealed for a two-year suspension, which has now been reduced to 13 months.
