‘Do you want to see my d…?’ Votes on Gabigol contain insults and contradictions

In my opinion, he did act to vilify the inspectors, but not with the specific purpose of defrauding the procedure and, therefore, taking advantage of this conduct.

Vice President Selma Rocha accompanied Jean Batista. It was she who brought to light the contradictions of the control officers. Procedurally, their reports have a presumption of veracity. It’s as if it were the referee’s score sheet in football.

The DCOs’ testimonies [agente de controle antidopagem] they are full of contradictions and take away all the credibility they would have at that time. (…) It is evident, therefore, that they are lying, and their testimony should be completely discarded. I see malicious behavior on the part of the DCOs to incriminate the athlete at any cost. But to be incriminated, very serious facts must be presented, which were not the case in this case.

Selma Rocha also pointed out that “if the sample provided by the Athlete did not meet technical and safety standards, it would be up to the DCOs to deny the sample. However, at a hearing, one of the DCOs confirmed that the sample was within standards. Thus, all PITI protocols were complied with. There were setbacks, but they were accomplished.”

Ivan Pacheco also voted for Gabigol’s acquittal, highlighting differences in the inspectors’ testimonies. “A relationship conflict cannot be confused, under any circumstances, with fraud or attempted fraud in the collection of samples, under penalty of subjective interpretation, and worse, creating a precedent for future arbitrariness to arise from this judgment. I understand that there was a communication failure between the collection team and the athlete due to relationship differences”, he stated.

Fernanda Farina Mansur also voted for acquittal. “Although I understand that the Athlete’s conduct was not the most appropriate in relation to the DCOs – he was rude and rude towards important professionals for fair and clean sport – this, for me, goes far beyond the configuration of all the necessary elements for him to be considered qualified the attempted fraud in the doping procedure”, she defended.