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**RokgroofeTeme** · 07-12-2009, 12:22 AM

Thanks to Andre's revelation last week, the Belgian anti-doping people did not want to be embarrassed if they would have just warned her as reported a few weeks prior.

You can hardly compare the two situations.

Andre was engaging in recreational drugs and failed a drug test and lied about it. The ATP screwed up and covered it up. With his "confession"...he is trying to take some responsibility.

Wickmayer merely had procedural issues. She didn't test positive for anything and thus....what is there to be emabrrassed about? A warning would have been quite sufficient. Her situation had nothing to do with Andre's and just isn't comparable.

07-12-2009, 12:22 AM	#24
RokgroofeTeme Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	Thanks to Andre's revelation last week, the Belgian anti-doping people did not want to be embarrassed if they would have just warned her as reported a few weeks prior. You can hardly compare the two situations. Andre was engaging in recreational drugs and failed a drug test and lied about it. The ATP screwed up and covered it up. With his "confession"...he is trying to take some responsibility. Wickmayer merely had procedural issues. She didn't test positive for anything and thus....what is there to be emabrrassed about? A warning would have been quite sufficient. Her situation had nothing to do with Andre's and just isn't comparable.
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