John Campbell has been banned for four years after breaching an anti-doping rule

According to a Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) ruling, West Indies batsman John Campbell has been given a four-year ban for breaking an anti-doping guideline. A three-person independent panel's 18-page verdict on Friday came in response to an accusation of dodging, rejecting, or failing to submit to sample collection.

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Campbell represented the West Indies in 20 Tests, 6 ODIs, and 2 T20I matches. However, JADCO accused him of refusing to give a blood sample at his Kingston residence in April.

"The … panel is persuaded to a comfortable degree of satisfaction that the athlete committed an anti-doping rule violation, namely breach of JADCO rule 2.3. …

The panel does not find, on the evidence presented, that the athlete's anti-doping violation was not intentional."

the decision read in part

"In the circumstances of this case the athlete is ineligible for a period of 4 years," it added, citing the applicable JADCO rule 10.3.1. The ban backdated to start from notification of the violation on May 10 this year.

What is AntiDoping Rule?

It is the personal responsibility of each athlete to make sure that no illegal substance gets into their system. Any illegal substance discovered in a sample belongs to the athlete. A "Presence" anti-doping rule violation is also shown by a single positive test. It is not required to demonstrate an athlete's intention.

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The key idea is to safeguard honourable athletes. Athletes who cheat the system do so in order to acquire an unfair competitive advantage as well as harm their own health.