In December 2021 the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the canoe kayak athlete Keenan Simpson for 3 Whereabouts Failures within a 12 month period.
After a notification a provisional suspension was ordered and accepted by the Athlete in January 2022. Previously in October 2021 the Athlete indicated that he had retired from sport, yet CCES received no retirement form during the relevant period.
Hereafter CCES establishes that the Athlete failed to dispute the asserted anti-doping rule violation within the set deadline. Accordingly the CCES finds that the Athlete is deemed to have admitted the asserted violation, waived his right to a hearing and accepted all proposed consequences.
Therefore the CCES decides on 4 March 2022 to impose a 2 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the accepted provisional suspension, i.e. on 12 January 2024.
