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The AFL anti-doping tribunal has found Stephen Dank guilty on several charges, however he has been cleared on three charges relating to banned substance Thymosin Beta 4.

The tribunal was not comfortably satisfied that Dank had administered or attempted to administer Thymosin Beta 4 to various Essendon players, nor that he had assisted, encouraged, aided, abetted or covered up administration of the peptide.

This follows the tribunal's decision last month to clear the 34 current and former Essendon players of taking the banned substance on the basis that there was insufficient evidence.

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news...lated-to-thymosin-beta-4-20150417-1mnho6.html
 

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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...lated-to-thymosin-beta-4-20150417-1mnho6.html

The AFL anti-doping tribunal has found Stephen Dank guilty on several charges, however he has been cleared on three charges relating to banned substance Thymosin Beta 4.

The tribunal was not comfortably satisfied that Dank had administered or attempted to administer Thymosin Beta 4 to various Essendon players, nor that he had assisted, encouraged, aided, abetted or covered up administration of the peptide.

This follows the tribunal's decision last month to clear the 34 current and former Essendon players of taking the banned substance on the basis that there was insufficient evidence.

Dank, the sports scientist at the centre of the 16-month long investigation into Essendon's supplements program during the 2012 season has maintained that he never gave the players Thymosin Beta 4, despite telling Fairfax Media in an interview two years ago that he had supplied the drug.

Dank later contacted Fairfax Media to clarify that he had given the players Thymosin Alpha, also known as Thymomodulin, which is not banned.

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has until Tuesday to appeal the decision handed down in favour of the 34 players. Once that time has elapsed, the World Anti-Doping Authority has a further three weeks to challenge the verdict.

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So EFC have essentially been cleared of anything relating to anti-doping matters concerning both TB4 and AOD9604. Should never have been removed from 2013 final series. Draft picks is debatable and I can accept a fine for some governance failings but would like more consistency and transparency with other club governance failings being penalised in comparison with EFC.
 
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The breaches include trafficking, attempting to traffick and complicity in matters related to a range of prohibited substances.

The prohibited substances are:
- Hexarelin

- Humanofort - namely Insulin Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1), Insulin Growth Factor 2 (IGF – 2), Mechano Growth Factor (MGF), Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF), Follistatin and Thymosin Beta 4

- CJC-1295· GHRP6

- SARMS
 
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