REPRESTATIVE SHOTO: A High-Profile Anti-Doping Summit Warned Athletes of one-Nighted Stands to Avoid the Risk of Failing Drug Tests.
Mark Houverll, a Leading Sports Lawyer and the Independent Chair in the Jannik Sinner Anti-Doping Case, Brough to the Fore The Issue of French Tennis Player Richard Gasquet, who was let of despit off despit testing for Cocaine after it came to light that he was contaminated from kissing a woman in a nightclub.
“Gasquet managed to get her to come and give evidence to say: ‘Yes, i’m a cocaine addict. I use cocaine,” “HOVELLL DEDED. “I kissed him in this nightclub.” But with a one-nighted stand, how are you going to find that person again? That’s the problem. “
When moderator jacqui oatley asked if athletes needed to at least get a phone number to protect themselves, hovell said: “They might not have the evidence they need.”
Travis Tygart, Another Panelist Who Heads The Us Anti-Doping Agency, Echoed HOOOVELL’s Assessment and Cited the case of the american boxer virginia fuchs in 2020.
Fuchs Tested Positive For Prohibited Substances, but was cleared after he Proved that the metabolites detected in her sample was consistent with recent expenses Partner.
“I think based on the cases we’ve seen, watch all who you kiss and watch out who have an intimate relationship with,” Tygart Told the Sports Resolutions Conference.
“I think it’s a pretty ridiculous world we are expecting our athletes to live in, which is why we are pushing to try to change these rules to make it more revenue and Fair,” SAID TYRGART.
“The onus is always on the athletes-we, as anti-doping organisations, need to take some of that responsibility back. And i worry how many of the intelligence are available Spending so much time and resources on the cases that end up being someone kissing someone at a bar, ”He added.
Tygart also raised the issue of 23 chinese swimmers who tested positive for the banned drug tmz before laater being cleared by wada.
“It has basically been a year since china’s failure to follow the rules that resulted in no consulments,” Tygart said. “And you run the numbers from the 2021 summer olympics and the 2024 summer olympics in swimming, and potentially 96 medals have been filled by impacted by thats swimms who had, 23 Swimms Who Had Posive Tests.
“And arguably, they should have got two Gotten four years. Tmz is in the category of four years unless them unless. Bottom of it in a real and meaningful way, “He added.
