Four-year sports ban for Australian runner Tommy Toskas after anti-doping offence
Press release: The Victorian Athletic League’s (VAL) decision to impose a sports ban on Tommy Toskas for failing to submit to out-of-competition testing was today welcomed by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).
The four-year ban was accepted by Mr Toskas after he unsuccessfully challenged, in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), the original decision of Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel (ADRVP) to place him on the Register of Findings.
Mr Toskas’ ban was greater than the standard two-year sanction because he engaged in deceptive or obstructing conduct to avoid the detection or adjudication of an anti-doping rule violation.
