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New Zealand Power Lifting Federation v Mark Mete
Overview: Anti-doping – ephedrine – athlete admitted taking ephedrine pills to manage asthma – issue over which anti-doping rules applied – NZPF agreed at 2004 AGM to replace their old constitution and NZPF anti-doping rules with a new constitution and the IPF international federation anti-doping rules (which incorporated WADA code) – NZPF and IPF rules set…
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Softball New Zealand v Curtis Ames
Overview: Anti-doping – cannabis – principles set out in Karaitiana decision (SDT 12/06) applied – Canadian player in NZ for softball season – defendant admitted violation and provided letter stating cannabis use was recreational at Christmas celebration and not to enhance performance – moved back to Canada before hearing – player failed to participate in teleconference…
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Softball New Zealand v Lance Abbot
Overview: Anti-doping – cannabis – principles set out in Karaitiana decision (SDT 12/06) applied – admitted recreational cannabis use at stag party – elite athletes – level of knowledge and experience – Tribunal found with some reservations that no aggravating circumstances – defendant was former NZ softball representative – last represented NZ in 2001 and was…
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New Zealand Federation of Body Builders v Daryll Tomuli
Overview: Anti-doping – nandrolone – defendant admitted violation – took dietary product supplied by another competitor without checking further – two positive drug tests (at two body building events eight days apart) treated as one violation – Tribunal accepted defendant only took substance once – defendant competed at second event where second drug test taken before…
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Softball New Zealand v Justin Karaitiana
Overview: Anti-doping – cannabis – Tribunal reviewed its earlier decisions and set out approach it will take in future cannabis cases – if athlete satisfies Tribunal that no intention to enhance sports performance, the likely penalty will be a reprimand and warning provided Tribunal also satisfied the cannabis use was unrelated to the sport, represented no…
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Softball New Zealand v Aaron Neemia
Overview: Anti-doping – cannabis – elite athlete – level of knowledge and experience – defendant had been NZ and Samoan representative – defendant admitted violation – attended stag party where people smoking cannabis – claimed positive drug test result may have been due to passive inhalation or he may actually have smoked cannabis himself at party…
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New Zealand Federation of Body Builders v Naera Johnson
Overview: Anti-doping – clenbuterol – defendant admitted violation, advised that she did not want to participate further in the hearing and acknowledged that the Tribunal may impose a penalty without holding a hearing of the parties – no further information provided to warrant imposing any other penalty than the two year period of ineligibility set out…
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Touch New Zealand v Nui Bartlett
Overview: Anti-doping – cannabis – recreational use – intoxication – cross code effect of suspension – defendant was a NZ touch representative, NPC rugby player and potential NZ Sevens rugby player – tested positive for cannabis after playing in touch tournament – the night before tournament he was celebrating being part of rugby team that won…
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New Zealand Federation of Body Builders v Barbora Jurcanova
Overview: Anti-doping – clenbuterol – when visiting family overseas defendant took medicines belonging to mother, including spiropent, to relieve flu symptoms – did not know spiropent was trade name for clenbuterol – brought spiropent tablets back to NZ and continued to use them which she claimed caused her positive test – whether no significant fault or…
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New Zealand Federation of Body Builders v Tony Ligaliga
Overview: Anti-doping – Benzylpiperazine (BZP) – recreational use – body builder took a “party pill” containing BZP when on a night out socialising – BZP not specifically named as a prohibited substance under WADA Prohibited List – however it qualifies as a prohibited substance because it falls into the category of a substance “with a similar…
