Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DNSNZ) has reporter an anti-doping rule violation against the Respondent after he refused or failed without compelling justification to provide a sample.
DNSNZ notified the Respondent and ordered a provisional suspension. Respondent filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the Panel.
Respondent stated he was not willing to wait anymore at the Doping Control Station and decided to walk away and not to complete the doping control. Previously he had used cannabis and thought he would be suspended only for three or six months.
The Tribunal deems that the fact that Respondent may have smoked Cannabis has no relevance to the sanction applied when Respondent refuses to complete a test.
Therefore the Sports Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand decides to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Respondent starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 8 October 2010.
