Darts star who faced two-year ban for positive drug test free to return at World Masters after just one month

DARTS prima Dom Taylor is escaped to instrumentality to the oche for the Winmau World Masters aft serving conscionable a 1 period prohibition for failing a cause test.

Taylor was forced to propulsion retired of the Players Championship Finals successful November aft failing a drugs trial connected the eve of the tournament.

The highly-rated thrower was owed to look disconnected against erstwhile satellite champion Michael Smith astatine the time.

Taylor returned a affirmative illustration for a banned substance and was taxable to a afloat proceeding from the Darts Regulatory Authority (DRA).

The 26-year-old admitted his breaches of the anti-doping rules astatine the hearing.

Taylor was initially handed a two-year prohibition for his archetypal offence, but has since seen that reduced to conscionable 1 month.

The simplification successful ineligibility comes aft Taylor was capable to beryllium that the substance was not show enhancing and was taken extracurricular of contention - taking his punishment down to 3 months.

A further simplification down to 1 period was sanctioned aft Taylor committed to completing a three-month Substance of Abuse attraction programme approved by UKAD.

A connection from the DRA read: "In the circumstances, the Committee determined that Mr Taylor volition beryllium taxable to a one-month ban.

"This is conditional connected his completion of an due UKAD approved attraction program.

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"Should Mr Taylor not implicit this people wrong the adjacent 4 months, past the prohibition shall beryllium extended by an further 2 months.

"Mr Taylor should besides beryllium liable for the costs of these proceedings"

Taylor tin present instrumentality to enactment aft serving his one-month prohibition and is eligible to instrumentality portion successful the World Masters this week.

The tourney gets underway this Thursday successful Milton Keynes and Taylor has been confirmed by the PDC arsenic a entrant for the 2nd circular of the Preliminary Rounds Entries.