On 21 February 2019 the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD) decided to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the triathlon Athlete for his evasion or failure to submit to sample collection during a Doping Control at a competition in March 2018.
Hereafter the Athlete appealed the TJD-AD Decision with the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal.
In view of the Athlete's defence the Rapporteur does not accept the Athlete's assertion that he only acted as an amateur Athlete because he is well educated and had participated frequently and professionally in triathlon competitions at national level and abroad.
Further the Rapporteur finds that there are no grounds for a reduced sanction as the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional. He was duly notified about the Doping Control and aware of the consequences he left the location without a plausible explanation.
Therefore the TJD-AD Appeal Tribunal decides on 24 October 2019 to uphold the Appealed Decision for the imposition of a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the violation, i.e. on 4 March 2018.
