16/07/2020   There is no end in the case of doping of Lupita Gonzalez






 

 

 

There is no end in the 2018 doping story of Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Romero
 
 
In October 2018, Lupita Gonzalez was subjected to an out-of-competition doping test. Subsequent analyzes led to discovering above-allowed levels of epitrenbolone, a metabolite of trenbolone, or an anabolic steroid.
In the "preliminary investigation" phase before the trial, the athlete justified the presence of that prohibited substance, with the consumption of contaminated meat in the days preceding the check.
 
The Athletic Integrity Unit does not believe in this version of the facts and the sentence with first instance decision signed by Juan Pablo Arriagada Aljaro (Sole Adjudicator) to four years of disqualification until November 2022.
 
During the hearing at the CAS-TAS, Lupita Gonzalez would have admitted, however, that the quantities of meat she had said she had actually taken were not true.
In addition to presenting testimonials, including that of her coach and asking to be exonerated from the accusation of doping by referring to the case of Jarrion Lawson, Gonzalez had also brought up the lawyer who had defended her in the first instance that , according to her, would have given her the wrong advice.
 
On July 14,  2020, through its twitter profile, the Athletics Integrity Unit reports that it has now charged the athlete with a 2nd violation for tampering as a result of her submitting forged documents & fabricated evidence, and procuring false witness testimony in the course of the proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal for the 1st violation.
 
 
 

 

 

 

All this translates into a possible further sanction that would bring the disqualification to a total of eight years.