Citation

Segura J, Ventura R, Pascual JA, De la Torre R. Drug Test. Anal. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Integrative Pharmacology and Systems Neuroscience Research Group, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/dta.2718

PMID

31667995

Abstract

This article reports an interesting doping case in late 90's corresponding to a physical tampering of a urine containing a prohibited substance, by adding an alcoholic beverage. The regulations and knowledge available at that time allowed considering the case as a sanctioned manipulation and the prohibited substance as an additional element that explained the reasons for it. The development of the case involved some aspects that appeared for the first time in doping control. These include, among others, the participation of an enologist as part of the B sample confirmation, the forensic inspection of the sample container, the early developments of gas chromatography/combustion/isotopic ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) or a public hearing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which allowed a wide follow-up of the developments of the case. The information was especially interesting for the general public as the athlete had, at that time, a great Olympic success.

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