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Jamaican quarter-miler Christopher Taylor has been charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for violating the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) Anti-Doping Code Article 2.3, after a six-month investigation determined that the 23-year-old evaded a doping test in November 2022.
According to well-placed sources, the AIU has already notified all relevant parties including the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association and the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission.
WADA Anti-Doping Code Article 2.3 states: "Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection. The Evading Sample collection, or without compelling justification, refusing or failing to submit to Sample collection after notification as authorised in applicable anti-doping rules."
Taylor now risks a minimum two-year ban from the sport according to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Anti-Doping Rule 10.3.1.
"For violations of Article 2.3 or Article 2.5, the period of Ineligibility shall be four years unless, in the case of failing to submit to Sample collection, the Athlete can establish that the commission of the anti-doping rule violation was not intentional (as defined in Article 10.2.3), in which case the period of Ineligibility shall be two years," the rule states.
Taylor, the Olympic and World Championships finalist, has not competed since August 30, 2022, and is now set to miss the World Athletics Championships, with the National Senior Championship set for July 6-9.
Highly-regarded sports attorney Paul Greene, who has been representing Taylor, explained the situation to the Jamaica Observer several weeks ago after the athlete was interviewed by anti-doping officials earlier this year.
According to our information, Taylor was contacted in November 2022 by anti-doping officials who had turned up to conduct a test at the location that he had indicated on his whereabouts form.
However, when the officials arrived, Taylor was not at the listed location, had not updated his whereabouts information, and was instead at the Norman Manley International Airport, waiting to catch a flight that had previously been booked on his behalf.
Athletes who are a part of the registered testing pool are required to provide certain information, which is used by anti-doping organisations to locate athletes for out-of-competition testing.
Ivo zegt dat er ook geruchten gaan dat een Jamaicaanse topsprintster drie testen 'gemist' heeft. Aangezien Jackson al in competitie is zou dat dus gaan om Tompsun of Fraser-Pryce.