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Post by Brinyi on Jun 22, 2005 12:07:46 GMT -5
I agree, Lee. One of the Argy reporters asked Willy if he thought the tennis bodies had something against Argies since so many positive tests have involved them. But I think there have to be some internal investigations, because they I doubt that they give Argies a different test from any other players.
That said, there have been whispers about Willy for at least a couple of years. I think they started that year when he won a couple of marathon RG matches.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 22, 2005 6:52:43 GMT -5
Clarín's sources are saying that Willy will not receive the maximum 2 year doping sentence. His hearing ended in New York yesterday. The word is still that the substance found in his system was a diuretic.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 22, 2005 6:53:40 GMT -5
The punishment will be announced in a week or two -- there is no set date for this.
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Post by janie on Jul 22, 2005 16:16:33 GMT -5
A diuretic? Why would he be taking a diuretic. Is it a masking agent? I am disillusioned with Willy.
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Post by Brinyi on Jul 22, 2005 16:26:59 GMT -5
A diuretic? Why would he be taking a diuretic. Is it a masking agent? I am disillusioned with Willy. Yup --diuretics are banned because they are used as masking agents.
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Post by janie on Jul 22, 2005 20:19:53 GMT -5
I suppose he has trotted out some excuse for legitimately using diuretics, then -- not PMS, is it, Willy?
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Post by Patrik Sjöberg on Jul 27, 2005 2:01:52 GMT -5
The hearing will be on very soon and I think Cañas won't get a suspension.
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Post by janie on Aug 9, 2005 19:35:19 GMT -5
Canas: ATP Made A Mistake
By Tennis Week 08/10/2005
Guillermo Canas isn't claiming complete innocence, but he does believe the ATP is guilty of making a mistake in suspending him two years for failing a drug test.
The ATP announced on Monday Canas has been suspended two years, fined $276,070 in prize money and forced to forfeit 525 singles and 95 doubles ranking points for testing positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide at the Acapulco clay-court event in February. Today, the 10th-ranked Canas said the ATP made a mistake in his case.
The 27-year-old Canas claims he ingested hydrochlorothiazide from a medication given to him by Acapulco tournament staff with the ATP's approval.
"The ATP have made a mistake in my case," Canas said in a news conference today. "It was a lapse by the whole system at the Acapulco tournament. It was people from the tournament who went to buy me the medicines with the guarantees of the ATP."
Canas, who will be eligible to return to the ATP Tour on June 11th, 2007, called the ATP's anti-doping tests into question and said while he considers the punishment excessive, he will return to the Tour.
"I never in my life thought they would give me the maximum sentence," Canas said. "They're trying to carry out justice with a system which is not 100 percent certain and efficient, and which makes mistakes. My career is not going to end, that's for sure. I'm suffering a great injustice."
Canas is the fourth Argentine to fail a drug test in the past four years. He joins compatriots Juan Ignacio Chela, 2004 Roland Garros runner-up Guillermo Coria and French Open finalist Mariano Puerta in drawing an ATP suspension for violating anti-doping rules.
"I don't think there's a conspiracy," Canas said. "It's more of a political decision than a decision against my country. There's a lot of money at stake."
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Post by Brinyi on Sept 1, 2005 7:49:55 GMT -5
Apparently Willy is in New York, but the ATP has banned him from attending any of the matches. He said he is going to fight to prove his innocence. "The ATP is wrong and I am going to prove it."
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Post by janie on Sept 1, 2005 20:42:52 GMT -5
Apparently Willy is in New York, but the ATP has banned him from attending any of the matches. He said he is going to fight to prove his innocence. "The ATP is wrong and I am going to prove it." Has he got Rusedski's attorney's phone number?
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Post by janie on Mar 31, 2007 7:39:35 GMT -5
Welcome back to the big-time, Willy. Too bad you don't get to face that punk Murray in the final; I'd love to see you discombobulate him. Though Djoko did it well enough.
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Post by sasha on Mar 31, 2007 16:42:59 GMT -5
Drug-free, my behind. But, it only matters if you get caught.
I'd like him to win tomorrow. And follow it up with a great clay season.
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