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TICKLE SUSPENDED
B
roc Tickle, of the Red Bull
KTM Team, has been "provi-
sionally suspended" from further
competition resulting from an
anti-doping test conducted by
the FIM and the World Anti-Dop-
ing Agency (WADA) that he took
at the San Diego Supercross
earlier this year. The FIM issued
a release, Friday, April 13, an-
nouncing his suspension. Pend-
ing the outcome of a presumed
appeal, Tickle could be banned
from racing for up to four years.
The FIM-issued release reads:
The Fédération Internationale
de Motocyclisme (FIM) has ad-
vised US Supercross rider Broc
Tickle that he is provisionally
suspended pursuant to Article
7.9 of the FIM Anti-doping
Code. The decision to provi-
sionally suspend Mr. Tickle was
taken following the receipt of
a report from the WADA ac-
credited laboratory in Cologne
indicating an Adverse Analyti-
cal Finding of 5-methylhexan-
2-amine, a specified substance
under Section 6 (Stimulants) of
the 2018 FIM Prohibited List, in
a urine sample collected from
him at an in-competition test
carried out by the FIM at the
round of the Monster Energy
AMA Supercross, an FIM World
Championship held in San
Diego, California, USA, on 10
February 2018.
Mr. Tickle has the right to
request and attend the analysis
of his B sample.
Mr. Broc Tickle is provision-
ally suspended with effect from
14 April 2018. He is therefore
barred from participating in
any Sports competition until
further notice (Art. 10.12 of the
FIM Anti-doping Code). Under
Article 7.9.3.2 of the FIM Anti-
doping Code, Mr. Tickle may
request lifting of his provisional
suspension.
Under the World Anti-Doping
Code and the FIM Anti-Doping
Code, the FIM is unable to pro-
vide any additional information
at this time.
5-methylhexan-2-amine, also
known as methylhexanamine,
is stimulant that was added
to WADA's list of prohibited
drugs in 2009. It was a com-
mon chemical in found in nasal
decongestant but was voluntarily
withdrawn from the market in
1983. CN
WADA and the FIM
dropped the hammer on
Broc Tickle for use of a
substance found in nasal
decongestant.
