After receiving a provisional suspension final June, 24-year-old Rafaela Raurich was not too long ago handed a four-year ban—the utmost allowed—for testing constructive for six prohibited substances through the 2024 Brazilian Olympic Trials.
The size of the ban implies that she was unable to current a convincing unintended contamination declare to the tribunal that heard the case.
In accordance with the report printed on the Brazilian Authority for Doping Management (ABCD) web site, her suspension will run from June 20, 2024, by way of June 19, 2028. You possibly can view the complete report right here.
Notably, Brazil sometimes holds its Olympic Trials from late April to mid-Might. Whereas the dates and placement for the 2028 Trials haven’t but been introduced, it seems unlikely that Raurich will be capable to compete if the pattern continues in 2028.
These are the six banned substances that Raurich examined constructive for:
Testosterone
Epitestosterone
5a-Androstanodiol
Etiocholanolone
Androsterone
5b-Androstanediol
Raurich was a member of the NCAA Division II Nationwide Championship workforce, Nova Southeastern College, through the 2023–2024 season in the USA. The workforce gained the title by 25.5 factors over runners-up Colorado Mesa. This marked the workforce’s second consecutive championship, with their first title gained in 2023—previous to Raurich becoming a member of the roster.
There, she gained the NCAA Division II titles within the 100-yard fly (53.16) and 200-yard fly (1:56.17), whereas additionally inserting fifth within the 200-yard free (1:48.15) and eleventh within the 100-yard free (50.46), incomes a complete of 60 particular person factors. She additionally contributed to the title-winning 800 free relay workforce, in addition to the runner-up 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay squads.
Whereas NCAA competitors isn’t topic to World Anti-Doping Code guidelines (the NCAA has its personal anti-doping insurance policies, which have been criticized by WADA), Raurich didn’t seem on Nova Southeastern’s roster for this previous season. She was listed as a sophomore in 2024 after transferring from Drury, the place she swam within the 2021-22 season. At Drury in 2022, she completed third within the 200 fly on the NCAA D2 Championships (1:58.98) whereas taking 14th within the 100 fly (54.90) and twentieth within the 200 free (1:51.07).
