In November 2015 the Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sport (Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud en el Deporte, AEPSAD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the respondent E42 for his refusal to provide a sample as second violation.
After selection to provide a sample for drug testing at the competition in September 2015 the respondent refused to cooperate although is was informed by the Doping Control Officer about the possible consequences. The respondent mentioned the use of the prescribed medication terbutaline, his application for a TUE and his refusal on the Doping Control Form.
After notification the respondent filed a statement in his defence. The respondent asserted that he suffered from asthma and used prescribed terbutaline as medication and that his 3 applications for a TUE were dismissed.
AEPSAD considers that the respondent was sanctioned before in September 2013 with a 4 month period of ineligibility and that his refusal to provide a sample in this case was without a valid justification.
Therefore AEPSAD decides on 10 February 2016 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the respondent starting on the date of the sample collection.
