In October 2016 the National Doping Control Commission of Chile (CNCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the canoeist Johnnathan Francisco Tafra Quitral for his evasion an refusal to submit to sample collection.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and was heard for the Disciplinary Panel of the Tribunal de Expertos en Dopaje (TED).
The Doping Control Officers (DCOs) reported that at the competition in question the Athlete and his crew did not disembark at the usal location as the other canoeists did. The loudspeakers were used to call the Athlete and thereupon the Athlete was called and notified by the DCO on his phone about the sample collection. Yet, the Athlete failed to attend the Doping Control Station.
The Athlete denied the charges and stated that at the competition he never had received any notification. After the race he went straight to his cabin. Only during his travel home in a bus he received a call from the DCO and was unable to return the bus.
The Panel did not accept the Athlete's explanation and finds that the Athlete was duly informed by the DCO over the phone about the sample collection. The Panel concludes that the Athlete deliberately had evaded the DCO in order to be notified about the sample collection.
Therefore the TED Disciplinary Panel decides on 19 July 2017 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 20 October 2016.
