Weightlifter Trinh banned four years for doping

Saskatoon weightlifter Jason Trinh has been slapped with a four-year ban by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) for an anti-doping rule violation.

The athlete’s urine sample — collected during out-of-competition doping control on June 29, 2017 — revealed the presence of methandienone (also known as Dianabol).

In response to the CCES’s notification, Trinh admitted the violation, waived his right to a hearing and accepted a sanction of four years ineligibility from sport, ending on June 28, 2021.

Until then, the CCES says Trinh is ineligible to participate in any capacity with any sport signatory to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) and won’t be able to train with Saskatchewan Weightlifting Association teammates.

Trinh’s four-year ban also carries over to other CCES/CADP sports. However, these sanctions don’t include sports like cross-fit, where CCES/CADP testing isn’t done.

For now, Trinh is not allowed to coach weightlifting within the Saskatchewan Weightlifting Association or Canadian equivalent.

He’s not allowed to participate in the sport of weightlifting or other CCES/CADP-tested sports (for example, powerlifting) and cannot be associated with anything related to the SWA (meets, meetings, fundraisers, event organization).

Trinh is banned from training with a team or SWA members in regard to the sport of weightlifting. He’s not allowed to provide assistance/programming/communication/advice/dialogue/ help to SWA members in association with the sport of weightlifting.