The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Terrence Mendes, a powerlifting athlete, received a two-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during in-competition doping control on September 14, 2019, revealed the presence of cannabis.

The presence of cannabis, classified as a “specified substance” on the Prohibited List, is considered an adverse analytical finding when the urinary concentration exceeds 150 ng/mL. Under the rules of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP), an athlete facing a first violation involving a “specified substance” will be given a proposed sanction based on the CCES’s assessment of the athlete’s degree of fault. In this case, the CCES proposed a two-month period of ineligibility.

In response to the CCES’s notification of the adverse analytical finding, Mr. Mendes waived his right to a hearing and accepted the proposed sanction, which terminates on December 23, 2019. During the sanction period, the athlete, who resides in Halifax, NS, is ineligible to participate in any capacity with any sport signatory to the CADP, including training with teammates. In compliance with rule 7.10 of the CADP, the CCES’s file outcome summary can be found in the Canadian Sport Sanction Registry.

• This media release was published by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) on 16 December 2019. Click here for the original.