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Former Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle has lost an appeal to have an eight-year doping suspension overturned.
In a move that was as desperate as coming back from 30-0 down with two minutes to play, former Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle’s desperate attempt to clear his name has failed. He has been sanctioned for eight years for doping.
Ralepelle’s sanction is so severe because it was his second positive test in less than 10 years. His only recourse now is to try to have the ban overturned at the Swiss Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). You are unlikely to have reason to argue.
“Mr. Ralepelle tested positive for the banned anabolic agent, Zeranol, during a Sharks rugby training session on January 17, 2019,” the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) in a statement Thursday .
“The athlete challenged the doping charges in front of an Independent Doping Hearing Panel. This panel found the athlete guilty of the crime of doping and took into account that it was his second doping crime in a period of 10 years. The panel relied on the framework of the sanction in the World Anti-Doping Code that gave them jurisdiction to issue a ban on the sport for eight years.
“The athlete filed an appeal against prohibition and also against the drug control process to which he was subjected. An Independent Appeal Panel heard the reasons for the appeal. It found that the panel that conducted the hearing in the first instance had not erred in its application of the sanction framework in the World Anti-Doping Code.
“The Appeals Panel, therefore, upheld the original eight-year sanction. The ban on the sport of Ralepelle dates back to January 17, 2019 for eight years. If the athlete does not accept the decision, he can seek redress at the Swiss Court of Arbitration for Sport ”.
Ralepelle was the captain of the South African Under-21 team to the 2005 World Junior Championship title, and was also the first black player to captain the Springboks when he led the team in a non-test against a World XV in 2006.
The burly prostitute, whose career unfortunately overlapped with that of John Smit, Bismarck du Plessis and Adriaan Strauss, was never able to cement a permanent place on Bok’s team.
Whether it’s the pressure to perform or the desperation to recover from injuries, Ralepelle has a history of bumpy doping.
In 2010, both Ralepelle and his Bok teammate Bjorn Basson failed a doping test for the stimulant. methylhexanamine. But they were later approved by SA Rugby after it was discovered that there was a possibility that some supplements, supplied to Bok’s team, were contaminated.
In 2014, Ralepelle failed another doping test, this time after traces of the anabolic steroid drostanolone were found in an out-of-competition doping test in France. At that time he was playing for Toulouse.
Ralepelle was recovering from ankle ligament surgery when that test was performed. He claimed his innocence, but was given a two-year ban in 2015 for the offense.
Ralepelle returned to South Africa and resumed his career with the Sharks. But in January 2019, in another out-of-competition test conducted in Durban, it was discovered that he had Zeranol in his system.
The cycle was repeated with Ralepelle claiming innocence and attacking the doping procedure, as well as claiming that there was racial bias in the tests. His claim that doping was racist came at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“The past few months have been an absolute nightmare for my family and me, but I refuse to be the scapegoat for a corrupt system, one completely determined to destroy the lives and livelihoods of athletes of color,” Ralepelle said in a statement in July after its original eight-year ban.
“I have dedicated my life to this sport, and if this is the end, so be it, but if you expect me to go quietly into the night, then you have another thought to come,” Ralepelle said.
“I will not stop until my name is cleared. I think that we, as black rugby players, are held to a different standard. Racial inequalities continue to persist in sport, and I, for one, will continue to fight, so future generations of sport don’t have to. ”
It seems that the fight will have to continue in CAS. At this stage it is unclear if Ralepelle has the financial means to take your case to CAS, which will be costly and time consuming. DM
