Whoever was River’s executioner in the 2019 Copa Libertadores final, had been suspended for two years by the Anti-Doping Sports Court of Justice after declaring him guilty of attempting to fraud in an anti-doping control in April 2023.
After this, the defense of ‘Gabigol’ requested in the TAS that the punishment be suspended. The request was accepted unanimously, in a decision that was made by two Englishmen and a Swiss.
On their social networks, Flamengo reported that the forward is “free to participate in the competitions” as a result of his “defense achieved the suspensive effect by unanimous decision” and, in this way, Gabriel Barbosa He will return to training. His last game was in the victory against Fluminense, 2-0, in the Carioca Championship, on February 25.
The Brazilian Sports Justice Prosecutor’s Office had denounced the forward for obstructing an anti-doping control on April 8 at the training center of Flamengo. The complaint reported that Gabriel Barbosa He did not respect the protocols for carrying out the test and even disrespected the agents in charge of collecting, that day, the samples from the players of the Rio de Janeiro institution.
The episode occurred one day before the second leg of the 2023 Carioca Championship final, which Fluminense won 4-1 against its biggest rival, at the start of the season that ended in December.
Source: Ambito
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