The 24-year-old Trampoline World Championships gold medallist (pictured top) tested positive for two banned substances at a World Cup event in Loulé, Portugal, in September 2012.

He went before the Disciplinary Commission at the FIG headquarters in Lausanne in November before the body issued its decision to cancel all results achieved in Loulé, including any points, prizes and ranking, and handed the athlete a 12-month ban from October 1, 2012 through to and including September 30, 2013.

WADA subsequently appealed against the FIG sanctions and urged that the suspension be increased to two years in January of this year, saying, "the conditions for a reduced sanction of one year were not met".

This latest case echoes that of Uzbekistani artistic gymnast Luiza Galiulina who had her suspension extended to two years last month after CAS upheld a similar WADA appeal calling for tougher sanctions on the athlete who tested positive for a banned substance at the London 2012 Olympics.

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