Overview
- An independent tribunal imposed a four-year suspension after Marketa Vondrousova refused an out-of-competition test at her Prague home in December 2025.
- Vondrousova says she refused because the tester did not show identification and she was frightened to open her door at night, and she reports the officer admitted at the hearing that no ID was shown.
- She presented professional anxiety evaluations and other mental-health evidence that the tribunal found insufficient to justify the refusal.
- Vondrousova was tested again three days after the refusal and that later sample reportedly tested negative.
- Her team is awaiting the tribunal's full written reasons and is considering an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport while the case fuels calls to change in-home testing procedures to protect athlete safety and privacy.