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anti-doping rule violation

means any one of the following:

a) the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in an athlete's bodily specimen;
b) the use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method;
c) the refusal or failure, without compelling justification, to submit to sample collection after notification as authorised in terms of applicable anti-doping rules or otherwise evading sample collection;
d) the violation of applicable requirements regarding athlete availability for out of competition testing, including failure to provide required whereabouts information and missed tests which are declared based on reasonable rules;
e) the tampering, or attempting to tamper, with any part of doping control;
f) the possession of prohibited substances and methods;
g) the trafficking in any prohibited substance or method; or
h) the administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance or method to any athlete, or assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up or any other type of complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation or any attempted violation;