IAAF Arbitration Panel suspends Sotomayor from Competition until 30 July 2001
27 June 2000 - Monte Carlo – The IAAF Arbitration Panel, made up of Chairman Christoph Vedder and members Loh Lin Kok and Affimar Cabo Verde Filho has today announced its decision in the case of Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor.
On the basis of the Panel’s deliberations, Javier Sotomayor has been found to have committed a doping offence on 31 July 1999 and, accordingly, the decision taken by the Hearing Board of the Cuban Athletics Federation on 6 August 1999 has been judged to be erroneous.
In accordance with IAAF Rule 60.2 (a)(i) Javier Sotomayor is declared ineligible to compete from 31 July 1999 to 30 July 2001.
