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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jul 25, 2013 16:00:02 GMT -5
For refusing to provide blood sample for testing  www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/23459655He will probably appeal. Those must have been some really bad 'roids, if it's about that, he's been awful for ages. |
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Post by Paean on Jul 25, 2013 16:11:59 GMT -5
He's blood tested like twice per year and even then he refuses. Silly.
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Post by R. Black on Jul 25, 2013 16:40:18 GMT -5
"However, the tribunal accepted that the stress that Mr Troicki was under at the time entitled him to mitigation."
Huh?
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Post by R. Black on Jul 25, 2013 17:09:16 GMT -5
"Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg
ITF suspends Viktor Troicki for 18 months for refusing blood sample in April, even though he provided a urine sample. Way harsh, TaiTF."
1) If Troicki knew that whatever he took would be undetectable in a urine sample, how is it meaningful that he didn't refuse it. 2) You can't use the "I'm not feeling well" excuse to refuse to pee. 3) Harsh? No. 4) Think before you tweet.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jul 25, 2013 17:18:59 GMT -5
He claims he submitted the blood sample the next day.
I don't get why it took them 3 months to come out with this.
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Post by R. Black on Jul 25, 2013 17:29:46 GMT -5
It's irrelevant that he submitted the blood sample the next day but yeah, they need to act faster.
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Post by janie on Jul 25, 2013 18:08:22 GMT -5
Remember when Serena missed a blood test because she thought the tester was an intruder and she decamped to her "panic room"?  I don't remember her getting suspended for even 18 seconds for that. But those were the days before tennis allegedly became serious about doping. Or maybe I'm forgetting some significant detail about the story, like whether it really actually happened. |
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Post by R. Black on Jul 25, 2013 18:32:31 GMT -5
We can give her the benefit of the doubt that she truly thought it was an intruder. Maybe we shouldn't, but at least her excuse is reasonable.
Troicki has no excuse. I don't care what they told him ("hey it might be ok to skip it if you write a letter to the ITF, or the pope"), if you refuse to give a blood sample because boohoo you're not feeling well, then you clearly have something to hide.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 25, 2013 20:41:52 GMT -5
Porn career time!!
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 26, 2013 5:30:32 GMT -5
Who refuses to give a blood sample because they're unwell?!
I guess proof that the drugs don't work, when was the last decent result Troicka put up.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jul 26, 2013 6:07:15 GMT -5
I suspect he wanted to avoid the Hingis/Gasquet scenario.
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Post by janie on Jul 26, 2013 14:13:13 GMT -5
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Post by Paean on Jul 26, 2013 15:49:06 GMT -5
Apparently Marin Cilic failed blood doping test as well. They're going after the Balkans!
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Post by janie on Jul 26, 2013 17:05:35 GMT -5
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Post by Traveling Man on Jul 26, 2013 23:59:34 GMT -5
It's coming apart at the seams - one slipped through the cracks and they're all falling through.
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Post by janie on Jul 27, 2013 7:11:02 GMT -5
Strange that the Cilic thing is only in the Croatian press so far (not counting a few irresponsible news outlets that have copied it). Cilic would be a bigger deal than Troicki.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jul 27, 2013 8:38:17 GMT -5
That's probably because his "ban" pretty much already expired.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jul 30, 2013 16:52:07 GMT -5
And now his girlfriend dumped him.
He's really got it going for himself.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 30, 2013 20:13:34 GMT -5
LOL really?
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Nov 5, 2013 19:14:23 GMT -5
The sentence has been reduced to 12 months, so he's out until July. He's very dispirited and claims that this is the end "of his dream of playing tennis on top level" and that he's unsure what to do now.
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Post by lexpretend on Nov 6, 2013 7:57:54 GMT -5
Troicka whining when his ban was REDUCED? GTFO, no one will miss you.
I understand why Nole is sticking up for his mate but it's really not a good look from him either.
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Post by Old Hag on Nov 14, 2013 19:08:09 GMT -5
I don't understand, a lot of players skip these tests
Which is why he got caught. Along with being a jerk
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