Football Player Receives Sanction

Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges the decision of the Football Australia Anti-Doping Tribunal to sanction athlete Joseph Lawless for the presence of a metabolite of a prohibited substance and the use of a prohibited substance.

Mr Lawless returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an in-competition doping control test after a Y-League match at Leichhardt Oval on 25 January 2020.

His sample detected the presence of Di-Hydroxy LGD-4033 (metabolite of LGD-4033).

LGD-4033 is prohibited in and out-of-competition under the S1 Class of Anabolic Agents.

The Football Australia Anti-Doping Tribunal imposed a 3½ year ban on Mr Lawless commencing on 25 January 2020.

Mr Lawless will be eligible to return to competition on 25 July 2023.

The original article can be found here.

Monday, 11 October 2021

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