The court of arbitration for support have made their ruling on Iannone's case.
They have rejected Iannone's appeal against the original 2 year ban and have upheld WADA's appeal to have the ban increased to 4 years.
So, he's banned for 4 years starting from the 19th December 2019.
For me, this was always going to be the outcome.
The accidental ingestion defence was never going to work for the steroid compound be got caught taking, as it doesn't appear in nature and is not used in cattle farming anywhere (it's not a bulking agent).
WADA's appeal was always going to be upheld as the penalty for this doping violation is clearly laid out as being a 4 year ban.
The FIM are signed up to the WADA code of conduct and they had no business only handing out 2 year ban
What a way to end a career, getting popped for taking a banned cutting compound instead of just dieting and training correctly.
Knowing Iannone, it was more than likely just for aesthetics as well.
They have rejected Iannone's appeal against the original 2 year ban and have upheld WADA's appeal to have the ban increased to 4 years.
So, he's banned for 4 years starting from the 19th December 2019.
For me, this was always going to be the outcome.
The accidental ingestion defence was never going to work for the steroid compound be got caught taking, as it doesn't appear in nature and is not used in cattle farming anywhere (it's not a bulking agent).
WADA's appeal was always going to be upheld as the penalty for this doping violation is clearly laid out as being a 4 year ban.
The FIM are signed up to the WADA code of conduct and they had no business only handing out 2 year ban
What a way to end a career, getting popped for taking a banned cutting compound instead of just dieting and training correctly.
Knowing Iannone, it was more than likely just for aesthetics as well.
