An unnamed Commonwealth Games Association has been summoned to appear before the Commonwealth Games Federation’s Federation Court on Tuesday over a breach of its no-needles policy.
Syringes were found in the Gold Coast 2018 athletes’ village prompting an investigation by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).
Testing to discover what substance was in the syringes took place on Monday and it was determined no anti-doping breach had taken place, the CGF announced on Monday evening.
A CGF spokesperson said: “The CGF Medical Commission has concluded its investigation into an alleged violation of the CGF’s no needle policy.
“Their findings have been escalated to the CGF’s Federation Court which will conduct a hearing in to the matter.
“The hearing will take place tomorrow morning, April 3, 2018, at 10:00 local time and the Court’s decision will be communicated after the hearing.
“This matter is not defined as an anti-doping rule violation, but rather as an infringement of the CGF’s no needle policy, which has been introduced by major events organisers to ensure best medical practices.”
CGF chief executive David Grevemberg earlier on Monday told the Games’ daily briefing: “We have received overnight a report from ASADA’s investigation team and the CGF medical commission has decided there has been a clear breach of the no needles policy.
“As a result an Association has been summoned before the CGF’s medical commission later today.”
Grevemberg, who would not confirm which CGA is involved, said the proximity of the syringes found had led to the CGA being summoned.
The CGF’s court will determine what penalties to impose after the testing on the substance in the syringes is completed.
Grevemberg said if an athlete has a medical condition requiring treatment there is a process whereby they can apply for permission to use syringes but the CGA involved has not followed that process.
