Comments on: Yanina Wickmayer suspended for one year, withdraws from Bali

By: Yanina Wickmayer begins legal fight against World Anti-Doping Agency | Yanina Wickmayer

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:02:23 +0000

[...] received a one-year ban – the 20-year-old never skipped a test or tested positive but she failed to report her [...]

By: Yanina Wickmayer gives the whole story behind her doping ban | Yanina Wickmayer

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:05:26 +0000

[...] world No.16 Yanina Wickmayer got a one-year suspension, having failed to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials on three occasions. The [...]

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:41:35 +0000

Thank you for clearing that up for me, and I'm letting you know Yaninna's excuse is a bunch of BS and you can quote me on that.

By: Marija

Marija — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:18:33 +0000

I know how to use quotes, Carlos. Sorry for the confusion. I forgot to point out that I quoted ESPN actually, so that's why "she said" is in quotation marks. The other quote is Yanina's.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:15:08 +0000

Please learn how to use quotation marks and how to quote . The last time that we had a little misunderstanding was with JJ. You wrote "Wickmayer said last month…" also this parts should not have been in quotes "she has insisted that she never…" and "she also said" this parts looked liked were paraphrased, but were in quotes. When quoting someone a person must write exactly what the person has said nothing more. This is how it should had been written: Wickmayer said last month, "I had trouble with the my password in the computerize system…" she also said, "Registered mail at home could not be signed on off because I was traveling to WTA events". If indeed it was what she said. The way that you quote confuses me and is leading to misunderstanding.

By: Marija

Marija — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:56:05 +0000

Carlos, as I understand she wasn't even aware she was doing something wrong, and the ban came all of a sudden. And about the quote you don't understand, those are Yanina's words, not mine. She was having trouble with their system. I don't know, time will tell. I wouldn't put the blame on her just yet.

By: Marine

Marine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:43:55 +0000

Well, it's really weird the authorities have acted like that. I don't understand that. What I can make out from that is that the they use an unequal meter…
Some players commit an assault and are allowed to play on, others are under suspicion of something which hasn't been proven yet and are banned very fast.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:49:06 +0000

If she had trouble with the computerize system why didn't she alert World Anti-Doping Agency? Why didn't she alert them before hand? There is too much smoke in order not to be fire. She can cry and scream all she wants, if she is clean like she says she is then she shouldn't procrastinate on very important issues in her career.

I'm sorry Ms. Marija I didn't understand what you said about her register mail, "register mail could not be signed on off". Couldn't she leave the address of a family member or her agent for them to get the mail for her? How about having someone stop by her house and check the mail for her?

By: Marija

Marija — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:30:21 +0000

Carlos, Marine, it's not that Yanina was hiding. As I understand, she had some technical problems with the system:

"Wickmayer said last month she has had trouble with her password in the computerized system overseen by the World Anti-Doping Agency. She also said registered mail at her home could not be signed off on because she was travelling to WTA tournaments.

She has insisted she never missed an anti-doping test and her samples were always negative."

And here's Yanina's reaction when she heard the news:

"I think I woke up the whole hotel with my screams and I didn't stop crying for two days. It was not until June that I learned from the federation that my whereabouts had not been in order. Since July, my whereabouts have been in order daily and let's be clear: I have never failed or refused a test. I have been tested 10 to 15 times this year. I find it such a pity that my name is now associated with doping."

By: Marine

Marine — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:14:07 +0000

Carlos, that is exactly what I asked myself? What has she got to hide? Why so much hesitation to do the test? And having done that 3 times…it's basically playing with the fire. Although what it has caused is more like an explosion,to be fair. With regards to testing athletes I think players receive unequal treatment. If you compare the cases of Hingis and Agassi: in both cases there were allegations of drug use. In Hingis case punishment was severe and fast whereas Andre got off the hook using a schoolboy excuse. To be honest,I don't have much trust in justice in tennis authorities having seen all the big "differences" in their approach to players.