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Old 07-12-2009, 12:33 AM   #29
RokgroofeTeme

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Actually my first thought wasn't "blame agassi", but blame cycling. Cycling is HUGE in Belgium and of course there isn't another sport that has been caught up in doping affairs as cycling has been over the last few years. And there the lesson sadly was no smoke without fire. I remember reading countless articles about cyclists failing to inform the anti-doping-association about their where-abouts and few months later they actually failed a test.

I am by no means saying that this is the case for Yanina and Malisse. In fact, I think it is a shame that such a ruling puts both their careers at risk. Tennis doesn't have such a doping-prone history as cycling. It seems to be more a stupidity or carelessness, then a cover-up. So a warning or a much shorter suspension would have been enough.
Is there a case to be made that.....tennis was targeted and treated unfairly re: doping regulations than other sports? It's my understanding that it's the Belgium anti doping organization that found Wickmayer guilty and imposed the suspension....
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