On 18 May 2020 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided to uphold the sanction of 4 years (CAS 2019/A/6612) imposed on the Grenadian sprinter Bralon Taplin by the Caribbean RADO for evading sample collection in April 2019.
In March 2020 the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for World Athletetics reported a new anti-doping rule violatin against the Athlete for his Whereabouts filing failures and 3 missed tests within a 12 month period. After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and the AIU requested for a hearing.
In his submission to the AIU the Athlete explained the circumstances in which the 3 Missed Tests had occurred. After a preliminary meeting and several extensions the Athlete in December 2020 admitted the violation, waived his right for a hearing and accepted the proposed sanction by the AIU.
Regarding the 3rd missed Test in November 2019 the AIU considered the unprecedented nature of the circumstances that occurred and holds that the Athlete could reasonably have been distracted from his whereabouts responsibilities on 25 November 2019 justifying a reduction in his period of ineligibility.
Therefore the AIU decides on 23 december 2020 to impose an additional 3 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete for his second anti-doping rule violation starting on the date the current imposed 4 year period of ineligibility will end, i.e. on 29 September 2023.