Spanish Para snowboarder Victor Manuel Gonzalez Fernandez’s results from Beijing 2022 disqualified due to anti-doping rule violation

In its role as the major event organisation for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, the IPC was responsible for determining whether an ADRV had occurred when the athlete failed a doping control test during the period of the Games.

The athlete returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for a Prohibited Substance in a urine sample provided out-of-competition on 2 March 2022 in Beijing at the Games.

The substance was SARMS enobosarm (ostarine). The substance is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2022 Prohibited List under the class S1.2 (Other Anabolic Agents).

The athlete subsequently admitted his commission of the ADRV and accepted the consequences proposed by the IPC.

As a result of his violation, all individual results the athlete obtained at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games have been disqualified, with all resulting consequences, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.

The IPC will now refer the matter to FIS – as the International Federation for the athlete’s sport – to determine any further applicable consequences for the athlete, including any period of ineligibility.

Each athlete is strictly liable for the substances found in their sample. An ADRV occurs whenever a prohibited substance (or its metabolites or markers) is found in their 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 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.