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ASADA still out there taking down the big players...
Holmes unsuccessful in bid to reduce anti-doping ban
DANIEL Holmes will have to sit out the rest of the Hutchinson Builders TRL Premiership season after his bid to appeal a two-year anti-doping sanction was unsuccessful.
Holmes submitted a urine sample to an Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority official on June 1, 2013 after playing a game for Central Division at the state championship at the Sunshine Coast.
The sample contained traces of salbutamol over the accepted threshold and ASADA notified Holmes such over the phone.
Salbutamol was a substance that appeared in asthma medication, with Holmes having taken 20 doses of Ventolin in the previous 24 hours for his diagnosed respiratory issues and acute flu-like symptoms.
A B-sample was later tested and it was also positive for the presence of salbutamol over the allowed threshold, which was 16 puffs of a 100mg Ventolin inhaler per day according to the ASADA website.
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Richard Ings @ringsau 3h3 hours ago
ASADA imposes a 2 year ban for a salbutamol puffer reading above the threshold. What penalty is the fair one?
Holmes unsuccessful in bid to reduce anti-doping ban
DANIEL Holmes will have to sit out the rest of the Hutchinson Builders TRL Premiership season after his bid to appeal a two-year anti-doping sanction was unsuccessful.
Holmes submitted a urine sample to an Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority official on June 1, 2013 after playing a game for Central Division at the state championship at the Sunshine Coast.
The sample contained traces of salbutamol over the accepted threshold and ASADA notified Holmes such over the phone.
Salbutamol was a substance that appeared in asthma medication, with Holmes having taken 20 doses of Ventolin in the previous 24 hours for his diagnosed respiratory issues and acute flu-like symptoms.
A B-sample was later tested and it was also positive for the presence of salbutamol over the allowed threshold, which was 16 puffs of a 100mg Ventolin inhaler per day according to the ASADA website.
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Richard Ings @ringsau 3h3 hours ago
ASADA imposes a 2 year ban for a salbutamol puffer reading above the threshold. What penalty is the fair one?
His appeal was heard by an independent tribunal on Wednesday night and was unsuccessful meaning Holmes was banned from participating in sport until February 6 next year.
It's a bit hard to pass judgement without knowing the facts. For some reason an independent tribunal ruled against him. Personally thought I agree that anti-doping seems to throw up some horribly unfair outcomes, but I'm just not always prepared to believe the word of the athlete on face value
