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.
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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.
Yep. We all like to think all the top athletes in the world are clean but I've learned from following many sports including swimming that where there is smoke, even the slightest bit of it, there's fire, and half the time (if not more) even when there's no smoke, there's fire.
Plus, do not underestimate how much even "low volume" swimming interferes with muscle building etc. I suspect a vast majority of steroid users in sports actually use them for this reason; to be able to maintain or put on a modest amount of muscle while training, not to turn into the hulk.
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.
Yep. We all like to think all the top athletes in the world are clean but I've learned from following many sports including swimming that where there is smoke, even the slightest bit of it, there's fire, and half the time (if not more) even when there's no smoke, there's fire.
Plus, do not underestimate how much even "low volume" swimming interferes with muscle building etc. I suspect a vast majority of steroid users in sports actually use them for this reason; to be able to maintain or put on a modest amount of muscle while training, not to turn into the hulk.
