Basketball player “Zenith” Dmitry Kulagin and its representatives were able to provide convincing evidence of the unintentional ingestion of a prohibited substance, says lawyer Anna Antseliovich.
On Tuesday, it was announced that Kulagin, 30, had been suspended for three months, with a provisional suspension served, for the presence of carboxy-THC, a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol, in a doping sample.
— Taking into account that RUSADA (Russian Anti-Doping Agency) itself, and not the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Commission, issued the disqualification, I believe that the athlete and his defense presented convincing evidence of the unintentional ingestion of a substance that was not intended to enhance athletic performance. Three months for such a substance and give.
It is an addictive substance as defined by the World Anti-Doping Code. If an athlete can prove that the use was in an out-of-competition period and is unrelated to the goal of enhancing athletic performance, then the code specifically provides that the sanction is three months, Anceliovich told the Championship. .
Kulagin’s sentence will expire on September 2.
In July, the basketball player extended his contract with Zenit for two years. Previously he played for Nizhny Novgorod, Triumph Lyubertsy, Krasnye Krylya Samara, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and CSKA Moscow, with whom he became Euroleague champion in 2016.
Source : MatchTV
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