In November 2015 the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the triathlon Athlete for his evasion, refusal or failure to submit to sample collection.
Doping Control Officers reported that at the competition in September 2014 he had been selected to provide both a blood and an urine sample. The Athlete indeed signed the notification form and provided a blood sample. Yet, before he provided an urine sample he already had left the Doping Control Station.
The Athlete denied that he had acted intentionally and requested for a reduced sanction. He believed that he had not committed any fault.
He explained that after he had provided a blood sample he assumed that he could leave. He was unaware that he also was selected to provide an urine sample.
The Athlete argued that his blood sample tested negative and he claimed that there had been several irregularities that would invalidate the Doping Control.
In view of the evidence the AFLD determines that the Athlete had left the Doping Control Station after he had provided a blood sample. Therupon he failed to respond to the telephone calls and the messages submitted to him.
Further the AFLD considers that the Athlete had been sanctioned in July 2010 for 4 years after he tested positive for multiple prohibited substances. Moreover the AFLD had established that the Athlete had breached ineligibility through his participation into two competitions in August 2012.
Finally the AFLD dismissed the Athlete's assertions that the alleged irregularities would invalidate the Doping Control.
Therefore the AFLD decides on 7 January 2016 to impose an 8 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete.
