Related case:
UKAD 2015 RFL vs Ross Bevan
May 27, 2015
On 27 May 2015 the National Anti-Doping Panel decided to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete Ross Bevan after his sample tested positive for the prohibited susbstance drostanolon. During the period of ineligiblility the Athlete remained subject to testing.
In October 2016 UKAD reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete for his refusing, without compelling justification, to submit to sample collection after notification.
In September 2016 at his house the Athlete refused to provide a sample and to sign a Doping Control Form after he had told the UKAD Doping Control Officer (DCO) that he had to take his sick child to his mother’s house and the DCO had confirmed that he was unable to return the following day.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered and the Athlete filed a statement in his defence. The Athlete at first denied the charge against him but in November 2016 the Athlete admitted the violation and he wanted to seek a reduction of the period of ineligibility.
UKAD considers that the Athlete gave a prompt admission and that he committed a second anti-doping rule violation as significant serious breach of his responsibilities. UKAD does not accept the Athlete’s circumstances as exceptional but acknowledged that his refusal to provide a sample is explicable.
Therefore UKAD decides on 16 December 2016 to grant a reduction of the sanction and to impose a 7 year and 3 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 14 October 2016.
