Doping Again !

Jan · Hall of fame

RE: Doping Again !

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
Halep has got a wild card for the AO qualies

x.com/josemorgado/status/1869319529664598178/photo/1

Reported now that Halep has withdrawn from Auckland and AO qualifying due to ongoing injuries.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Kyrgios offers his twopenn'orth on the Sinner & Swiatek cases.

Var · Satellite level

Stircrazy wrote:
Kyrgios offers his twopenn'orth on the Sinner & Swiatek cases.

Interesting read, candid. Swiateks recent quote.

"I was scared that most people were going to turn their back on me. But I felt the support and it's great.

Assuming the word people should be substituted by the word sponsors?

wimbledont · Lower Club Player

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/10/raducanu-turns-down-insect-bite-treatment-over-doping-fears-in-australia

..,Describes what seems to me a desperately silly state of affairs, where Emma feels it is too risky to apply a spray to insect bites, for fear it may contain a banned ingredient.

Perhaps there could be a system at major events, or perhaps even at all ATP/WTA level events, where the tournament medics, working under the aegis of the governing bodies, supply players with approved basic remedies for common minor health complaints, so that players would be able to play in greater comfort, and the weeding out of problematic medications could be as a result of informed conversations between the TIU/WDA and trained pharmacists/physicians; rather than expecting a bunch of dumb athletes to become both expert and meticulous at reading dozens of polysyllabic ingredients in very small print.

Jan · Hall of fame

wimbledont wrote:
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/10/raducanu-turns-down-insect-bite-treatment-over-doping-fears-in-australia

..,Describes what seems to me a desperately silly state of affairs, where Emma feels it is too risky to apply a spray to insect bites, for fear it may contain a banned ingredient.

Perhaps there could be a system at major events, or perhaps even at all ATP/WTA level events, where the tournament medics, working under the aegis of the governing bodies, supply players with approved basic remedies for common minor health complaints, so that players would be able to play in greater comfort, and the weeding out of problematic medications could be as a result of informed conversations between the TIU/WDA and trained pharmacists/physicians; rather than expecting a bunch of dumb athletes to become both expert and meticulous at reading dozens of polysyllabic ingredients in very small print.

That would be very sensible!

Lambda · Challenger level

wimbledont wrote:
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/10/raducanu-turns-down-insect-bite-treatment-over-doping-fears-in-australia

..,Describes what seems to me a desperately silly state of affairs, where Emma feels it is too risky to apply a spray to insect bites, for fear it may contain a banned ingredient.

Perhaps there could be a system at major events, or perhaps even at all ATP/WTA level events, where the tournament medics, working under the aegis of the governing bodies, supply players with approved basic remedies for common minor health complaints, so that players would be able to play in greater comfort, and the weeding out of problematic medications could be as a result of informed conversations between the TIU/WDA and trained pharmacists/physicians; rather than expecting a bunch of dumb athletes to become both expert and meticulous at reading dozens of polysyllabic ingredients in very small print.

I think there is. When news about Swiatek's suspension came out I remember Tara saying something questioning why Swiatek took over the counter medication when she could have got medication that was approved and regulated from contaminants from the WTA for free.