This is where I have it, she's a professional with a team built around her so I can't see how this was missed, if it was, then she should sack the lot of her management team and build a new one that looks after her interests better, however, if it wasn't missed and an air of ignorance was being adopted because she had been taking it for so long, then she's not only guilty but stupid..
This is where I have it, she's a professional with a team built around her so I can't see how this was missed, if it was, then she should sack the lot of her management team and build a new one that looks after her interests better, however, if it wasn't missed and an air of ignorance was being adopted because she had been taking it for so long, then she's not only guilty but stupid..
FairwayDodger
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Is there a decent website they can use? You'd imagine it'd be very helpful to be able to put a brand name into a search and quickly (and reliably) be informed if it contained anything illicit.
pokerjoke
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Its funny as I watch a lot of tennis and I have never heard anyone mention her heart problem.
I see she has taken all the blame but surely her physio or doctor would be advising her,however as it was not a banned substance surely for the 10 years she was taking it there was not a problem and only when it went on the banned list the problem occurred.
Also if she did have a heart problem the LTA surely would have been aware and may have asked what she was taking to control it.
I see she has taken all the blame but surely her physio or doctor would be advising her,however as it was not a banned substance surely for the 10 years she was taking it there was not a problem and only when it went on the banned list the problem occurred.
Also if she did have a heart problem the LTA surely would have been aware and may have asked what she was taking to control it.
I would think at the top level her team or herself get direct emails on a regular basis of banned and updated substances etc from the main governing bodies of her sport, I can't see it only being self policing for them as individuals for them to "look up".
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It's normally on the governing bodies website and also WADA website.
Also register with WADA and you get regular updates
There was a search engine but had to go through ingredients and search for them
I know they were going to change to search for brand names
FairwayDodger
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Which is OK if you're a top player and have a "team" around you but what if you're not at that level and trying to navigate your way round what must be a very complicated list of requirements?
Piers Morgan went onto the WADA site this morning on breakfast tv. There is a search function on their site where you enter the product or substance and it shows if there is any information about it. It was remarkably simple to use and this substance came up straight away.
richart
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I agree, and don't believe she knowly took the drug after it was banned. Tennis players are reguarily tested, including the slams. Testing has been increased considerably in the last couple of years after it was shown to be poor. So she knew she would be caught, but still did it ?:mmm: Her earnings come mainly from endorsements, not winnings, and she would risk those to win a few matches ?
Personally I believe someone as rich as she is has a full time physician/doctor, as well as a fitness coach that would have responsibilty for what she takes. They would get the list of banned substances, and have cocked up. She is taking full blame as ultimately she is responsible for their actions.
I would love to know why the drug was not banned before. Been around at least ten years so why now. Doesn't say much for the authorities trying to kick out drugs in sport.
Didn't Ethan already state there was a known medical condition (HOCM?) and that this drug isn't the best option out there? I know of footballers who've died of cardiac failure but not a tennis player. Seems very strange that with all the drugs she could get from the US and her team could easily obtain she's carried on using this particular one throughout. Maybe she was aware of the enhancing properties. Hopefully the truth will out at the enquiry. Certainly seems to be more and more questions to be answered
FairwayDodger
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I'd love to hear Andy Murray's take on it - he's been very outspoken about doping in tennis.
Will Player start going on about drugs being prevalent in golf again too?
richart
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I am sure her Russian doctor did. but until this year it was not a banned drug, so she could take it. Why it was not banned years ago is another matter.
hovis
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Why did she do it? What if i Said you can buy things in a supermarket that can mask amphetamines in your urine. i would say she thought she'd get away with it.
These people always get caught in the end as their urine is kept on ice. As technology is advancing athletes are getting caught out from old urine tests. My good friend Daniel caines come 10th in the 2000 Olympics at Sydney. He was told in December that he is now fith and expects to be bumped up to 4th
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I agree and the fact it wasn't banned means she wasn't cheating. Ethics are different things to rules.
larmen
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There is no treatment for HOCM and the best advise is to retire endurance or high burst impact sport and start playing golf.
richart
Major Champion
So at the age of 28, earning £15 million from endorsements, and less than £4 million from competitions, she is going to risk taking a banned drug. Wow she must be mighty stupid, or perhaps she didn't go the right supermarket ? It can't have been an old urine test as the drug was banned before the beginning of this year. Perhaps it is not so easy today as opposed to 15 years ago to beat the system, or to expect to beat it.
Perhaps she just took it by mistake as it had been banned for less than a month before the Australian Open.:mmm:
bluewolf
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It's cheating if she's taking prescription medication for something other than the condition it should be prescribed for.
hovis
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How do you know she didn't win all this money because she was taking banned substances. I wasn't saying it was an old urine test i was just saying what happens.
It isn't a case of not taking a drug because they will test for it. It's a case of chemists working with athletes to find way's to cheat the tests. Its called "designer dopping" or "designer steroids". But evidently these chemists get it wrong now and then. Why did lance Armstrong risk it? Because he believed he could manipulate the tests
Unfortunately theres more money invested in cheating tests then the testing itself
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Ethan
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But she wasn't and she didn't. That excuse is laughable.
She sailed on the legal side of the line for a long time and missed the part where the line moved, and was caught. Simple as that.
Ethan
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Indeed, I was posting out she did not have the heart condition (HOCM) often associated with young athletes, and this would not be a treatment even if she did.
