Belgians to appear before doping agency

Eurosport - Thu, 01 Oct 22:31:00 2009

Belgian US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer and compatriot Xavier Malisse must appear before a Belgian anti-doping commission after violating its rules

TENNIS Yani Wickmayer in action at the 2009 US Open - 0

Wickmayer broke the World Anti-Doping Agency's "whereabouts" rule three times in the past 18 months, Belgian news agency Belga said, citing a spokesman for the Flemish Doping Tribunal.

Under the rule, athletes must tell their national anti-doping authorities where they will be at a chosen hour between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. each day for a three-month period.

If they change plans they are obliged to inform the authorities. Athletes who miss three doping tests over an 18-month period face possible suspension.

Malisse, ranked 153rd in the world, broke the whereabouts rules twice and missed a doping test, Belga said.

He will have to justify his absence in front of a disciplinary commission on October 8. Wickmayer will be heard on October 22, the agency added.

Reuters

Comment 1 - 5 of 5

Sort comments by: Most recent

  1. belgium today, spain tomorrow??
    if spain starts digging­ there would be many skeletons tumbling out.....

    From aaditya, on Fri 2 Oct 4:14PM

  2. wtf?

    From sanchez.santos, on Fri 2 Oct 1:11PM
  3. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    maybe clijster as well they check for doping

    From wen, on Fri 2 Oct 9:58AM

  4. There is absolutely no suggestion that either player­ has taken drugs. This is purely a case of forgetting to­ notify WADA of a change of whereabouts.

    The WADA­ whereabouts rule is controversial in any case and needs­ to be replaced with a less intrusive and more workable­ system. Nadal, Murray and other players have spoken out­ against this rule and the Indian cricket team flatly­ refuse to comply with it. If WADA try to suspend either­ player over this preposterous and extremely unpopular­ rule then I expect they will have a fight on their­ hands, with a great many players rallying (no pun­ intended) around to support Wickmayer and Malisse.

    From Bobito, on Fri 2 Oct 6:21AM
  5. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    i wont be surprised if wickmayer took something..cuz­ she has a weird voice and cant just play so well out of­ the blue

    From vk, on Thu 1 Oct 11:23PM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account