JennyS
Hall of Fame
Just got this from the Tennis has a Steroid Problem blog:
"I wrote the ITF yesterday, through the feedback section on their website and asked when the detailed testing results for 2010 would be published. This is their reply...
"The ITF is publishing data in accordance with the minimum requirements of WADA Code Article 14.4.
14.4 Statistical Reporting
Anti-Doping Organizations shall, at least annually, publish publicly a general statistical report of their Doping Control activities with a copy provided to WADA.
We do not intend to publish any additional information.
Regards
Tennis Anti-Doping Department"
They have the detailed information for all the previous years, yet they will not do so for 2010. Now we will not know which players received out of competition drug tests in 2010. This seems extra suspicious, given that 2010 was the year of Serena Williams' mysterious foot injury. If Serena did not have an OOC test in 2010, that would be almost proof that she missed 3 OOC tests and was suspended a year (she missed one in 2009).
Tennis' drug testing program is a complete joke. Yet tennis is portrayed as a drug free sport with rigorous drug testing by the media. What a sham.
"I wrote the ITF yesterday, through the feedback section on their website and asked when the detailed testing results for 2010 would be published. This is their reply...
"The ITF is publishing data in accordance with the minimum requirements of WADA Code Article 14.4.
14.4 Statistical Reporting
Anti-Doping Organizations shall, at least annually, publish publicly a general statistical report of their Doping Control activities with a copy provided to WADA.
We do not intend to publish any additional information.
Regards
Tennis Anti-Doping Department"
They have the detailed information for all the previous years, yet they will not do so for 2010. Now we will not know which players received out of competition drug tests in 2010. This seems extra suspicious, given that 2010 was the year of Serena Williams' mysterious foot injury. If Serena did not have an OOC test in 2010, that would be almost proof that she missed 3 OOC tests and was suspended a year (she missed one in 2009).
Tennis' drug testing program is a complete joke. Yet tennis is portrayed as a drug free sport with rigorous drug testing by the media. What a sham.