Ottawa – March 26, 2025 – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Aidan Sutter, a U SPORTS ice hockey athlete affiliated with the University of Calgary, received a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in competition on September 7, 2024, revealed the presence of multiple prohibited substances including three anabolic agents: SARM RAD140, SARM LGD-4033, and SARM ostarine (S-22), as well as GW501516 (a metabolic modulator), ibutamoren (a peptide hormone), and amfetamine (a stimulant).
The standard sanction for a violation involving a prohibited substance is a four-year period of ineligibility; however, given the presence of multiple prohibited substances, the CCES asserted an additional one-year period in accordance with Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) rule 10.4. On March 3, 2025, the athlete signed an Early Admission and Acceptance of Sanction Agreement, thereby admitting to the violation and accepting the asserted period of ineligibility and all other consequences. As a result, the otherwise applicable five-year period of ineligibility was reduced by one year in accordance with CADP rule 10.8.1. Because a provisional suspension was imposed on the athlete, the sanction ends on October 9, 2028.
During the sanction period, the athlete is ineligible to participate in any capacity with any sport signatory to the CADP or the World Anti-Doping Code, including training with teammates.
In compliance with rule 8.4 of the CADP, the CCES’s file outcome summary can be found in the Canadian Anti-Doping Registry.
About the CCES
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