Panam Sports is pleased to inform that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has issued the Arbitral Award with regard to case CAS 2019/A/6637 Njisane Phillip v. Panam Sports on July 8, 2020, confirming the decision of the Panam Sports Ad Hoc Disciplinary Commission of November 15, 2019.
The Panam Sports Ad Hoc Disciplinary Commission decision confirmed by CAS stated the following:
That athlete Njisane Phillip did commit, during the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, an anti-doping rule violation contrary to Article 2.1 of Panam Sports Anti-Doping Rules on account of the presence of a prohibited substance in a sample provided by him.
To disqualify the results obtained by the athlete during the Lima 2019 Pan American Games and order the forfeiture and return of the gold medal won in the team sprint event and the silver medal won in the individual sprint event, both in the sport of cycling.
To disqualify the result obtained by the Trinidad & Tobago team in the team sprint event of the sport of cycling held on August 1, 2019 during the Lima 2019 Pan American Games and order the forfeiture and return by all of the team members of the gold medals won in this event.
Panam Sports would like to express that it will continue its efforts in the fight against any kind of doping in sport and welcomes the response of Mr. Njisane Phillip with regard to the award, in which he asserts that in spite of the offense, he condemns all kinds of doping in sport. In addition, Panam Sports wishes to state that the prohibited substance found in the sample provided by Mr. Phillip is not considered a performance enhancing substance and believes that regardless of the award by the CAS that confirmed the decision of the Panam Sports Ad Hoc Disciplinary Commission, Mr. Phillip had no intention of cheating or having any unfair advantage over his competitors. Panam Sports believes that Mr. Phillip is an honest athlete that made a mistake and that he is committed to learn from the experience.
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