Cesar Cielo - Court of Arbitration for Sport Details
Former Member
The CAS has published their final decision on Cesar Cielo's failed doping test. The decision is pretty interesting to read:
www.tas-cas.org/.../CAS20249520249620249720249820Award20FINAL20292007202011.pdf
He was found at no fault or negligence. He takes a 50mg prescribed pure caffeine supplement as Cesar has gastric problems from drinking coffee. Cesar stated undisputed that 90% of swimming sprinters consume caffeine during swimming events.
His doctor had a pharmacy prepare the caffeine supplement as other caffeine supplements on the market were not pure. The doctor inspected the pharmacy multiple times and felt things were being prepared properly. Cesar's dad also happens to be the health secretary of the town of the pharmacy and recommended the pharmacy specifically. The pharmacy was preparing medicine containing Furosemide the day they also prepared the Furosemide contaminated caffeine supplement.
The PDF also states that "their urine concentrations were within the normal range and not diluted which meant that the Furosemide could not have been used as a masking agent."
The whole situation must have been a nightmare for Cesar and everyone involved.
Personally, I think Cesar was innocent, as he's been tested so often for so long, if he were cheating he would have been bagged a long time ago. He also doesn't look like a 'roid freak, as he isn't unnaturally muscular and he doesn't train in a manner out of proportion to other sprinters at his level. If, for example, he was swimming 20k meters, running a half marathon and lifting weights hard every day, you would be very suspicious. But he is very talented, he trains "normally" and his technique is superb -- those are reasons he's so fast.
Even if Cesar were doping he wouldn't be training 20k a day or anything close to it. He's a sprinter, and he'd train as such whether he's taking PED's or not. Also, you can't really look at someone and tell anymore what they may be on. Not saying Cesar was cheating, just pointing out the variety of drugs available to the professional athlete make it difficult to tell.
Personally, I think Cesar was innocent, as he's been tested so often for so long, if he were cheating he would have been bagged a long time ago. He also doesn't look like a 'roid freak, as he isn't unnaturally muscular and he doesn't train in a manner out of proportion to other sprinters at his level. If, for example, he was swimming 20k meters, running a half marathon and lifting weights hard every day, you would be very suspicious. But he is very talented, he trains "normally" and his technique is superb -- those are reasons he's so fast.
Even if Cesar were doping he wouldn't be training 20k a day or anything close to it. He's a sprinter, and he'd train as such whether he's taking PED's or not. Also, you can't really look at someone and tell anymore what they may be on. Not saying Cesar was cheating, just pointing out the variety of drugs available to the professional athlete make it difficult to tell.
