Errani could have been picked up and banned years ago were the ITF serious about anti-doping. This is a two month slap on the wrist for something apparently indicative of other substances being used.
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Cake said:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/40854182
Errani's mother had been using the drug as part of her treatment for breast cancer and had left pills on a kitchen worktop where food was prepared.
A tribunal panel accepted the player probably ingested the substance through accidental food contamination.
But it was ruled Errani, now ranked 98, could have done more to protect herself.
Letrozole increases lean body mass and was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) over concerns it was being abused by bodybuilders.
An independent tribunal, appointed by the International Tennis Federation, said there was no evidence it would enhance the performance of an elite tennis player
arcus said:"My mothers chemo fell into my tortellini"........ I thought nothing would top "I absorbed my twin in the womb", but this one comes close.
Reading the ITF document made me face-palm. Please tell me WADA will challenge this. Of note, this is (to my knowledge) the first tennis doping adjudication by "Sports Resolutions", a UK based company that have been contracted by the ITF to independently conduct it's anti-doping tribunals. I'm not so sure this is an auspicious beginning.
Compare this to the Sharapova case. IMPO, on balance of probability, Sharapova kept taking meldonium (for physical optimization rather than legitimate medical indications), without realizing that it had newly been included on the prohibited list. She got 15 months on appeal. In contrast, Errani, who we know consulted with doping doctor Del Moral, gets 2 months for testing positive for a substance that elevates androgenic steroids in a female... Something is not right here.
LOL @ another tennis player playing the "It was all my mother's fault" card.
Brullnux said:Silent band exist, look at Agassi and his crystal meth
Also, I thought you didn't get banned for weed? At least that is what Kyrgios said
yaco said:arcus said:"My mothers chemo fell into my tortellini"........ I thought nothing would top "I absorbed my twin in the womb", but this one comes close.
Reading the ITF document made me face-palm. Please tell me WADA will challenge this. Of note, this is (to my knowledge) the first tennis doping adjudication by "Sports Resolutions", a UK based company that have been contracted by the ITF to independently conduct it's anti-doping tribunals. I'm not so sure this is an auspicious beginning.
Compare this to the Sharapova case. IMPO, on balance of probability, Sharapova kept taking meldonium (for physical optimization rather than legitimate medical indications), without realizing that it had newly been included on the prohibited list. She got 15 months on appeal. In contrast, Errani, who we know consulted with doping doctor Del Moral, gets 2 months for testing positive for a substance that elevates androgenic steroids in a female... Something is not right here.
LOL @ another tennis player playing the "It was all my mother's fault" card.
You can't have it both ways - There has been a strong push for sporting organisations to use independent tribunals or National Tribunals to hear Anti-Doping matters - There is no point crying if you don't like the decision, and my guess is you haven't read transcripts of the case - WADA can appeal and sent it to CAS - Though I have more faith in Independent Tribunals than CAS which is a cesspool of cronyism, favoritism and poor adjudication of cases.
I'm not. It strikes as the sort of excuse that accused athletes resort to. Let's not forget that Errani had a publicly acknowledged prior-association with an individual notorious for doping athletes.The Athlete must positively prove how the Prohibited Substance entered their body and not merely speculate as to which of a number of possible means exist and then further speculate as to which appears
the most likely of those possibilities. To meet this burden, the Player must prove how the letrozole got into her system on the balance of probabilities. English law (which governs the TADP and these proceedings) is clear what this means: 'The balance of probability standard means that a court is satisfied an event occurred if the court considers that, on the evidence, the occurrence of an event was more likely than not'.
. This class of medication affects the raio of androgenic/estrogenic steroids in females. Accepting that 'no proof of performance enhancement in specific-sports' means less culpability, and I contend that you can chuck the WADA prohibited list on a bomb-fire, and tell athletes they can take what they want. I appreciate that it might be contentious if non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors cause clinically significant increases in testosterone in premanopausal females.However there is no evidence that letrozole would enhance the performance of an elite level tennis player.
Red Rick said:David 'chainsmoker' Ferrer's comeback is quite unexpected. Wonder what's up with that
Rafael Nadal wins damages against French ex-minister over doping claim
A Paris court ordered Roselyne Bachelot to pay 12,000 euros in damages and legal costs to the world number one for comments she made on television last year. Nadal had sought 100,000 euros in an attempt to set an example. Bachelot was also given a suspended fine of 500 euros.
In March 2016, Bachelot – then a TV pundit having been health and sports minister from 2007-2010 – accused Nadal on the D8 channel of having feigned injury during a seven-month absence from the circuit in 2012 to cover up a positive drugs test.
The ten-times winner of Roland Garros sued the ex-minister, calling on the International Tennis Federation to publish his test results. The federation replied that the player could reveal them himself, confirming that he had never been tested positive.