Doping Again !

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Doping Again !

flamingowings · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Harriet's Wimbledon opponent Haddad Maia looks to be in a bit of trouble.

www.itftennis.com/news/309220.aspx

Not forgetting she beat Mugu in R1 either!

Michael D · All-time great

More detail here on Haddad-Maia if you are wondering what SARMs are.

https://tennis.life/2019/07/23/haddad-maia-gets-provisional-doping-suspension

-- Edited by Michael D on Tuesday 23rd of July 2019 09:24:50 PM

flamingowings · All-time great

Youssef Hossam provisionally suspended by the TIU: twitter.com/ahmedfederer/status/1156242983160885248

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Anyone got any knowledge of any tennis players that might have been caught up in this?

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/49822761

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Abigail spears suspended due to suspected doping

tennishead.net/wta-doubles-star-abigail-spears-suspended-for-doping-violation/

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Reasonably big name, Nicholas Jarry, caught at the Davis Cup in Madrid

Provisionally suspended

mobile.twitter.com/BenRothenberg/status/1217099631902908416/photo/1

flamingowings · All-time great

Possibly a bigger name than Jarry - Robert Farah.

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1217137086219898880

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Possibly a bigger name than Jarry - Robert Farah.

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1217137086219898880

Wow. This argument about it being beef has been used by several argentinians historically. Dont buy it as an excuse.

flamingowings · All-time great

JonH comes home wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Possibly a bigger name than Jarry - Robert Farah.

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1217137086219898880
Wow. This argument about it being beef has been used by several argentinians historically. Dont buy it as an excuse.

Not forgetting Errani's tortellini excuse either...

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Possibly a bigger name than Jarry - Robert Farah.

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1217137086219898880
Wow. This argument about it being beef has been used by several argentinians historically. Dont buy it as an excuse.

Remind me not to order Argentinian beef next time I go to the butchers.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

flamingowings wrote:
Possibly a bigger name than Jarry - Robert Farah.

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1217137086219898880

Id say Jarry is a bigger name. Farah has done nothing in singles. Doubles players having to dope, you must hit a low if you need to do that. Id be inclined to believe some of the stories as it must be hard to know what is in everything and if you dope you must know you will get caught.

Michael D · All-time great

Jaggy1876 wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Possibly a bigger name than Jarry - Robert Farah.

twitter.com/tumcarayol/status/1217137086219898880
Id say Jarry is a bigger name. Farah has done nothing in singles. Doubles players having to dope, you must hit a low if you need to do that. Id be inclined to believe some of the stories as it must be hard to know what is in everything and if you dope you must know you will get caught.

Yes me too. Farah had no reason or motivation to dope... And unless you're vegetarian may be hard to avoid doped meat in certain cultural and country contexts. I shudder to think at times of the full range of contaminants that we consume in our daily diets these days.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Argentinian player that we housed during one tournament (age 19, playing money tournaments, about ITF quali level) told us that every Argentinian player he knew used banned substances. (He claimed he didn't......hmmmm.....)
His Brazilian friend (about the same level), whom we also housed, was a bit more circumspect (a bit brighter, to be honest) but - late one evening - said he knew an awful lot of people who were too.
So, although I hate generalisations and they're very dangerous, it was firsthand, as far as I was concerned, from the horse's mouth, so to speak.
So, yes, it might be the drugs we pump into our cattle. But, I'm sceptical. Although it's a different level, I don't buy off on it being the fault of the cows. And I don't buy off on doubles players not doing it - illegal drug taking is also used to promote recovery from injuries, for instance, and that applies to everyone.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 15th of January 2020 08:39:43 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Spears banned for 22 months from november, so September 2021.

https://twitter.com/scambers73/status/1225088745789181953