In April 2015 the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the cricket player Odean Brown for 2 missed tests and a filing failure of his Whereabouts within a 12 month period. After notification the Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel.
The Athlete explained that he previously had resided at two other addresses before he moved to his current address as reason for the first missed test. Regarding the second missed test he stated that he already had left home for training before the arrival of the Doping Control Officer (DCO). His Whereabouts filing failure was in part caused to losing access to his email for two months and in that period when he and his team travelled overseas they often didn’t have precise details where they would stay. Also the Athlete asserted that the DCO didn’t follow the ISTI guidelines due to he failed to contact the Athlete before the window for testing had closed.
The Panel finds that the DCOs were not required to contact the Athlete when he was not located at home and concludes that the evidence in this case supported the reported violations. The Panel considers the Athlete’s explanations unsatisfactory as to the “wrong” address that was registrated in ADAMS.
Considering the Athlete’s degree of fault the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel decides to impose a 15 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on 24 November 2015.