Doping Cases and Bans in 2025

[phelps 7,780]

  On 2/15/2025 at 8:39 PM, copravolley said:

Just imagine their opinions if the head of WADA was an Italian...

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if the WADA boss was Italian, Sinner would have been banned for 4 years...I'm pretty sure

 

our politicians always sell us everyday for their personal interest...

[copravolley 312]

  On 2/15/2025 at 9:17 PM, phelps said:

if the WADA boss was Italian, Sinner would have been banned for 4 years...I'm pretty sure

 

our politicians always sell us everyday for their personal interest...

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Unfortunately you are right. Shitting in your own nest is the norm in this country... This is best seen in the scandalous organization of the next Winter Olympics, which will be an even bigger disaster in every aspects than Turin 2006.

[Makedonas 2,193]

  On 2/15/2025 at 8:18 PM, phelps said:

please, stop making comparison between Sharapova and (above all) Halep's cases and this Sinner's farce 

 

this is just a political fight between WADA and ITIA and many other sports and political institutions

 

even WADA had to officially admit in a written statement that it's NOT about doping, but just an assumption of responsibility for other people in Sinner's staff

 

and it's so absurd that in fact they already changed the rules and a fact like this is no longer subject to any sanction

 

and this is a fact, independently of what people might think about the whole actual story behind all the things we know (I'm the first one to think that Sinner is not so "innocent", because I know very well the Clostebol history and usage)

 

 

but Sharapova and Halep were caught intentionally and consciously using banned substances. Point.

 

they are true cheaters that deserve any single day of their ban (actually, Halep used a medicine reserved only for people diagnosed with a fatal illness, available only in the oncological department of an hospital because of the enormous counter-indications it has for the people who have no other option but using it to save their life)

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Sharapova was caught with a substance that was only banned for a few weeks at the time, which she did not know about, and she almost immediately accepted responsibility. She never played the victim or complained, and accepted a much longer ban than other tennis players at the time (Strycova, Cilic). I wouldn't say she was caught "intentionally and consciously."

 

In Sinner's case, his failed tests were swept under the rug for several months and the media and ATP (with their Italian head) did everything possible to act like it did not happen. He did not fire the member of his team who he blamed until after it became public knowledge, more than 5 months after they knew of the positive tests.

 

We can argue all day but the fact is Sinner had two positive tests and is very very lucky that he won't miss any slams because of it. If I were an Italian, I would be celebrating this decision today.

 

The problem is there is zero consistency in tennis and some players get harsher penalties than others.

Edited February 15 by Makedonas

[phelps 7,780]

  On 2/15/2025 at 9:30 PM, Makedonas said:

Sharapova was caught with a substance that was only banned for a few weeks at the time, which she did not know about, and she almost immediately accepted responsibility. She never played the victim or complained, and accepted a much longer ban than other tennis players at the time (Strycova, Cilic). I wouldn't say she was caught "intentionally and consciously."

 

We can argue all day but the fact is Sinner had two positive tests and is very very lucky that he won't miss any slams because of it. If I were an Italian, I would be celebrating this decision today.

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meldonium was very well known at the time...it was a "must" for many, many east Europeans (she wasn't the only big name caught with that, as you certainly remember)

so, she surely knew what she was doing

 

Sinner...there's nothing to celebrate, he accepted to have his name connected with doping for the rest of his life just because he didn't want to take any further risk to get stuck in the middle of superior political interests

he chose to live the rest of his career with many people thinking he's a cheater (while the same WADA had to admit that he isn't, despite asking for his ban) just because sometimes you have to take the lesser evil instead of defending an ideal

I don't see any reason to celebrate a choice like that (even if I understand why he decided to follow that route)

[heywoodu 15,321]

  On 2/15/2025 at 9:30 PM, Makedonas said:

but the fact is Sinner had two positive tests and is very very lucky that he won't miss any slams because of it.

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'Lucky' was meant sarcastically, I assume?  

 

I mean, it is quite obvious the suspension was timed in such a way it would be no punishment at all. Kind of like punishing your kid by telling him he can't have cake, right after an absolutely massive meal of fries that made him too full to even move  

 

Not much better than those American sports doping things, where you get a huge suspension of 40 MLB games or something...so you can't play for a few weeks  

Edited February 15 by heywoodu

[dullard 721]

These Kenyan busts are so common that no one even bothers to post about them anymore

[El Analyzer 229]

  On 2/24/2025 at 11:59 PM, dullard said:

These Kenyan busts are so common that no one even bothers to post about them anymore

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the headlines should be " Kenyan  sprinter caught with no doping offense and banned for life) 

[Grassmarket 3,587]

 snowboarder makes the Worlds' Top Ten!

 

 

Former Olympic snowboarder and Canadian national Ryan Wedding, 43, has been placed on the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives list for allegedly running a violent transnational drug trafficking network

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78ez2g5306o

[Biathlonfan 668]

Prakash Jiwa-Darts,banned for six years [articles say eight,but the date given inside is 2031 november 6th.] for matchfixing four games and participating in betting. he will also have to pay an almost 18 thousand pound fine .