French athlete Justine Beve receives three-month ban for anti-doping rule violation

Shooting Para sport athlete returned an adverse analytical finding involving a Substance of Abuse in a sample provided in-competition on July 2022 03 Mar 2023
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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned shooting Para sport athlete Justine Beve for a period of three months for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).

The French athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Prohibited Substance in a urine sample provided in-competition on 19 July 2022.

The substance was Carboxy-THC greater than the Decision Limit (Carboxy-THC). The substance is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2022 Prohibited List under the class S8 - Cannabinoids. Carboxy-THC is classified as a Substance of Abuse under the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code.

The athlete accepted the commission of the ADRV and the consequences proposed by the IPC, having established that the ingestion occurred out-of-competition and was unrelated to sport performance. As a result of her violation, Beve was made ineligible for competition for three months from 24 October 2022 to 23 January 2023.

The results obtained by the Athlete from the date the Sample was collected, including all of the Athlete’s individual results obtained in the Event, will also be disqualified, with all resulting Consequences, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

The results obtained by the athlete’s team in the R5 – mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 team competition are also automatically disqualified, with all resulting Consequences, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

Each athlete is strictly liable for the substances found in his or her sample. An ADRV occurs whenever a prohibited substance (or its metabolites or markers) is found in his or her bodily specimen, whether or not the athlete intentionally or unintentionally used a prohibited substance or was negligent or otherwise at fault.

As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code (the WADC), the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting environment at all levels. The IPC has established the IPC Anti-Doping Code (Code) in compliance with the general principles of the WADC, including the WADC International Standards, expecting that, in the spirit of sport, it will lead the fight against doping in sport for Athletes with an impairment.