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Post by tall_one on Dec 23, 2004 3:27:08 GMT 3
Koubek suspended for failing drug testAssociated Press 22 Dec 2004 LONDON (AP) - Austrian tennis player Stefan Koubek was suspended by the International Tennis Federation for three months Wednesday after failing a drug test. Koubek tested positive for the banned substance triamcinolon acetonid during the French Open in May, the ITF said. Koubek, who finished the year ranked 60th in the world, attributed the test to an injection he received on May 15 as treatment for an injured wrist. "The doctor assured me that no prohibited substances were in the medication," Koubek wrote in his diary posted on the website www.tennisweb.at. "I sought treatment from a recognized sports physician who knows about the list of banned substances. And I even asked if the substance that he was giving me was 100 per cent safe." The ITF said it rejected his defence of no fault or negligence but accepted that there was no intent on his part to enhance performance. It also disqualified his results from the French Open and forfeited his ranking points and prize money. He reached the third round before losing to David Nalbandian of Argentina.
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Post by tall_one on Dec 23, 2004 3:29:35 GMT 3
  ...was suspended by the International Tennis Federation for three months Wednesday after failing a drug test..... ermm i though a failed drug test meant a 2 year suspension?
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Post by sirius on Dec 23, 2004 3:47:51 GMT 3
dunnoowww...
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Post by annie on Dec 23, 2004 5:50:24 GMT 3
i think maybe, they should conduct an investigation about this...
as he said in that article, the doc gave him the medicine with
the assurance that there was no prohibited substance in it...
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Post by Damita on Dec 23, 2004 16:29:34 GMT 3
ermm i though a failed drug test meant a 2 year suspension? maybe they've been nice because they said he had no intent to enhance performance. i dunnow. and i'm too lazy to go check the drug policy on the atp site ;D |
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Post by alysha on Dec 23, 2004 22:05:20 GMT 3
i thought it was two years too....hmmm...they said something about that in tennis magazine
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Post by christina on Dec 24, 2004 0:00:11 GMT 3
erm i though 2 years to, but this in an ITF suspension, not ATP cos the test was at RG, not sure if that makes a difference  |
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Post by Damita on Dec 24, 2004 1:03:24 GMT 3
erm i though 2 years to, but this in an ITF suspension, not ATP cos the test was at RG, not sure if that makes a difference ah yeah maybe... |
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Post by christina on Dec 24, 2004 2:21:10 GMT 3
well that was what the daily mail said....but who knows if we should trust the daily mail, its is a tabloid after all ;D |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Dec 28, 2004 18:05:16 GMT 3
well that was what the daily mail said....but who knows if we should trust the daily mail, its is a tabloid after all ;D true daily mail is a tabloid but it does not put alot of false rubbish in . but why do the players do such a thing it really fustrates me. |
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Post by christina on Dec 28, 2004 21:34:35 GMT 3
true daily mail is a tabloid but it does not put alot of false rubbish in . *ahem*  |
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Post by sirius on Dec 29, 2004 5:05:38 GMT 3
i spy an oxymoron. is that what it's called??
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Post by christina on Dec 29, 2004 21:45:59 GMT 3
i spy an oxymoron. is that what it's called?? yeah...oxymoron dude |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Dec 29, 2004 23:54:56 GMT 3
Without naming anybody |Roger Federer has aired his views about drugs.
Federer baffled by tennis doping
World number one Roger Federer has hit out at his fellow professionals over failed drugs tests in tennis.
Austrian Stefan Koubek was suspended for three months last week for failing a dope test, but plans to appeal.
"It doesn't make any sense to me, taking drugs to play tennis," said Federer. "There are reports of several substances being used by players.
"Some may be energy supplements but being professionals, the players should know what to use and what not to use."
He added: "It's hard to believe some of them saying that they didn't know what the substance was."
Koubek claims he was given the banned substance triamcinolon acetonid in an injection administered by an Austrian doctor for a wrist injury, despite being assured by the doctor that the injection contained no illegal substances
Earlier this year, Britain's Greg Rusedski escaped punishment after testing positive for nandrolone by arguing successfully that contaminated supplements provided by the men's ATP Tour were responsible.
BTW okay christina they may put rubbish in but not as much compared to the SUN.
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Post by christina on Dec 30, 2004 0:20:56 GMT 3
BTW okay christina they may put rubbish in but not as much compared to the SUN. true, but i don't stoop as low as to pick up the sun no offense meant to anyone who reads the sun but the mail barely uses the facts, and writes such cr*p, all aimed at people with an IQ of 2, and is very patronising...again, no offense intended btw...off topic...in a way |
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