Ohuruogu offers Murray advice

Eurosport - Thu, 19 Feb 20:10:00 2009

Christine Ohuruogu has urged Andy Murray to learn from her example as the row over the new anti-doping rules in tennis continues.

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Legislation introduced from January 1 means players must report where they are for one hour of every day for the whole year so testers can call unannounced.

Anyone who misses three tests in an 18 month period could be suspended for up to two years.

Murray has labelled the new rules as "draconian" but Ohuruogu, who served a one-year ban for missing three tests, believes it is "only right" that all sports should be subject to the same rules.

"I am not for one moment suggesting that there should not be an out-of-competition drug-testing system," the Olympic 400m champion said in the Daily Telegraph.

"It is a price we have to pay for the privilege of competing in sport at the highest level.

"But what I do hope comes out of the debate is a public recognition of how hard it is and the burden it places on athletes to stay within the rules.

"We are athletes but we are also human, with human fallibilities. Sometimes things don't always go to plan, which is why I ended up missing tests.

"I learned a painful lesson and my advice to Andy Murray is to lock his nominated hour into his daily training regime as far as possible, instead of chopping and changing his times every day.

"I try to stick to between 7 and 8am and I'm pretty paranoid about it. I've fallen foul of the system once and I don't want to fall foul again."

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  1. I see Webbski has been on. Same old rubbish. The man is­ a clown. Empty bins? Thats far too intellectual for­ him.

    From Peter, on Fri 20 Feb 8:07PM

  2. Comment no 1, when are you going to overcome that. You­ are going to leave with it for the rest of your life.­ You better purge yourself of it or else it will give­ you hypertension.

    From cynthadel, on Fri 20 Feb 5:10PM

  3. LMAOWRAOTF !!

    From Tim, on Fri 20 Feb 11:51AM

  4. Jay would you be happy having to report your­ whereabouts to your work everyday even when you were on­ holiday? Tennis players deserve private lives like­ everyone else.
    And i would guess Murray works a lot­ harder than you he never has holidays he spends them­ training hard every day,nobody puts more work in than­ him.

    From Denis, on Fri 20 Feb 1:17AM

  5. @jay
    r u kidding me??
    what andy murray isdoing is way­ harder than a to wake up for a job every day at 6­ !!!!!! his job is way way harder than your "real­ job " .talking about "having no­ idea"
    @webbski
    he is not just "offered 5­ million a year"
    he has to work for it very hard ,i­ doubt you have enough talent ,determination and will to­ be able to do what he does.

    From Daria, on Thu 19 Feb 10:10PM

  6. Are they human, or are they athlete?

    From Andrew Broad, on Thu 19 Feb 9:52PM

  7. Ohurugu offers Murray testing advice? Really? Its fair­ to say that after missing three tests of her own there­ is no way she could meet the demands currently being­ asked of the top tennis players. She shouldnt have even­ been at the olympics.

    From Peter, on Thu 19 Feb 4:48PM

  8. Thanks comment 7. its about time. its probably fair to­ say that they're being paid enough but just how­ long will it take till the novelty of the money wears­ off? just imagine not being able to have a sleep over­ spontaneously cos you need to be somewhere specific for­ one hour everyday. we are not saying once a week but­ once a day. the answer is that you'll never know­ until you are in the situation.

    there's no place­ for cheats but there's a better way of finding this­ people out without making life hell for those who will­ never even think of such act.

    From rcrd_boris, on Thu 19 Feb 2:28PM

  9. It's time that the drug testers got up to date. It­ is perfectly possible to be able to test for drugs once­ a month and still be able to confirm if drugs have been­ taken in the previous 60 days.

    From Larry, on Thu 19 Feb 2:14PM

  10. I HATE DRUGS CHEATS NO ROOM FOR THEM IN ANY SPORT.

    From AJ, on Thu 19 Feb 1:30PM

  11. Poor Andy Murray. If someone offered me £5million a­ year with drug tests throughout the year I'd say it­ was inhuman treatment, and get back to my £5.86 an hour­ job emptying bins at 5am.

    From webbski, on Thu 19 Feb 1:19PM

  12. Andy Murray is a whiney baby......Draconian?? try­ waking up at 6am to go to work everyday..... if he­ doesn't like to play by the rules then maybe he­ should get a real job.

    From jay, on Thu 19 Feb 1:09PM

  13. She "forgot" to turn up to three tests in a­ row. It's a bit naive to think she didn't have­ a good reason to miss those tests.

    From MarkC, on Thu 19 Feb 1:03PM

  14. To comment number 1....You know that, how?

    From rcrd_boris, on Thu 19 Feb 11:59AM

  15. Medal or no medal, Ohuruogu is still a drug cheat!!!­ So if I were you Murray I wouldnt listin to a word she­ said!

    From neill, on Thu 19 Feb 11:30AM
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