Junior Boks prop Kai Pratt is still waiting for his B-sample to be tested after returning an adverse analytical finding for an anabolic steroid.
The 18-year-old failed a doping test on 10 April during the Sanzaar U20 Rugby Championship in Gqeberha.
Pratt, who is contracted to the Sharks and attended a Springbok alignment camp earlier this year, was informed of the result in June and requested that his B-sample be tested on 7 July.
However, this has yet to take place.
“When an athlete indicates that they want their B-sample tested, there is still a process that must be followed,” South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (Saids) CEO Khalid Galant explained to Rapport.
“A deposit must be paid, and a date must be arranged with the laboratory. An independent witness must also be present for the opening of the sample.”
According to Galant, athletes are required to pay R24,000 to have a B-sample tested and it is uncommon for a B-sample to produce a different result from the original test.
“The B-sample is stored under secure conditions and at a controlled temperature.”
Galant also said there is no prescribed timeframe within which the B-sample must be analysed.
“As soon as is reasonably possible,” he told Rapport.
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