Dom Taylor has been kicked out of the World Darts Championship after failing a medicine check on the event.
Taylor beat Sweden’s Oskar Lukasiak 3-0 within the first spherical and was because of play Jonny Clayton on Saturday night, with the Welshman now receiving a bye into the third spherical.
The 27-year-old Englishman was given a one-month ban earlier this yr after failing a medicine check on the Gamers Championship Finals in November 2024, so that is Taylor’s second offence.
Gamers are examined on a random foundation throughout the World Championship at Alexandra Palace.
The Skilled Darts Company’s governing physique, the Darts Regulation Authority, launched a press release which learn: “On 19 December, the DRA was notified of an adversarial analytical discovering in respect of the participant Dom Taylor ensuing from a check carried out on 14 December.
“On account of this and in step with related DRA processes, Dom Taylor has been suspended from taking part in any DRA regulated occasions with quick impact.
“This matter will now be the subject of a disciplinary process in line with the relevant DRA Anti-Doping Rules. The DRA will not be making any further comment pending the outcome of this confidential process.”
Taylor gained on the PDC’s second-tier circuit, the Challenger Tour, in 2023 to earn a PDC tour card from 2024.
He has been competing all year long, most notably at Gamers Championship occasions, with two runs to the semi-finals within the behind-closed doorways occasions.
However, he was banned in January, and given an preliminary two-year suspension for a banned substance which was diminished to a few months because the substance was not efficiency enhancing.
This was reduce to at least one month after Taylor agreed a UKAD-approved three-month Substance of Abuse therapy programme.
Taylor was requested about his ban following his first-round win and mentioned: “Biggest let down of my life. But I’ve rebounded back, and here we are.”
Requested how he stayed mentally prepared, he added: “Not speaking to anyone, keeping myself to myself, practising.”
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