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8 May 2026
The ITA confirms that taekwondo athlete Maicol de Andrade Siqueira has been sanctioned with a 2-year period of ineligibility for an ADRV under Article 2.4 of the WT Anti-Doping Rules (WT ADR)¹ as the athlete committed three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period.
The athlete did not challenge the ADRV. Pursuant to article 8.3.3 of the WT ADR, the ITA issued a sanctioning decision² imposing the applicable consequences, namely a period of ineligibility of two years from 19 January 2026 until 18 January 2028 and the disqualification of the athlete’s individual results from 13 July 2025 onwards.
The decision is subject to appeal before the appeals division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in accordance with Article 13.2.3 of the WT ADR.
The ITA will not comment further on this case.
¹ Athletes included in a Registered Testing Pool (RTP), such as Maicol de Andrade Siqueira, have the obligation to provide daily whereabouts as well as a specific daily 60-minute time slot where they will be available for testing. The purpose is to allow anti-doping organisations to locate athletes for unannounced out-of-competition testing. Any combination of three missed tests (which relate to the athletes’ unavailability with respect to their 60-minute time slot) and/or filing failures (which are caused by the athletes’ failure to provide accurate whereabouts) committed within a twelve-month period amount to an ADRV as per article 2.4 of the WT ADR and World Anti-Doping Code.
² When an athlete does not challenge the assertion of an ADRV and does not request a hearing, anti-doping organisations have the possibility to issue a written decision sanctioning the athlete and imposing the applicable consequences without having to refer the case to a hearing panel. This is provided in articles 8.3.2 and 8.3.3 of the WT ADR and article 8.3 of the World Anti-Doping Code.
