DopingviolationsuspendsTsawwassenswimstar

Mark Booth

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A sip of his partner’s water bottle has cost Markus Thormeyer 12 months of his competitive swimming career

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced on Friday (Feb 3) the 25-year-old two-time Olympian from Tsawwassen was banned from competing for one year following a doping violation. Thormeyer accepted his voluntary provisional suspension back on Feb 15, 2022 and he can resume training with the national team and competing on Feb 14

A urine sample collected during outof-competition doping control on Jan. 19, 2022 revealed he had a presence of SARM LGD-4033, a prohibited anabolic agent The drug is designed to treat muscle wasting and weakness associated with aging.

Subsequent to the CCES’s notification of the adverse analytical finding, Thormeyer accepted the violation and jointly with the CCES, requested a hearing to determine the appropriate period of ineligibility

Following a hearing on Oct. 5, arbitrator Yves Fortier confirmed that, since Thormeyer unknowingly ingested the prohibited substance, he was at no sig- nificant fault for the violation Fortier imposed a period of ineligibility of 12 months based on the factors outlined in his decision.

Thormeyer told the hearing he determined that SARMs entered his body as a result of sharing a water bottle at his boyfriend’s place in January 2022 His partner, without Thormeyer’s knowledge, was using SARMs and it was mixed into the water bottle

The decision also factored in that

Thormeyer had never tested positive before despite rigorous testing throughout his career Among those supporting him at the hearing was his long-time coach Ben Keast who began working with Thormeyer when he was head coach of the Winskill Dolphins Swim Club

“I know, and have observed, that Markus is a clean swimmer who takes his anti-doping obligations seriously I do not believe Markus would ever intentionally use a banned substance to enhance performance. There is no doubt in my mind that any exposure that Markus had with a prohibited substance was unintentional I could not, in good conscience, stay silent when someone of Markus character and integrity is on trial,” wrote Keast Thormeyer has had a successful swimming career at the intercollegiate, national, and international levels

He holds multiple Canadian national records, including in the 100 metre and 200 metre backstroke. He represented Canada at both the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, competing individually and as a part of Canadian relay teams

Thormeyer has also won multiple Canadian university swimming championships and holds multiple Canadian university records. He was named Swim Canada’s Male Swimmer of the Year in 2018 and 2019 and also won the Bus Phillips Memorial Trophy as UBC’s top male athlete

Outside of the pool, Thormeyer is a leader in the LGBTQI2S community and successful academically In September 2021, only two months after competing in the Summer Olympics in Toyko, he started his PhD Zoology studies at UBC

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