Belgian world No.16 Yanina Wickmayer got a one-year suspension, having failed to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials on three occasions. The 20-year-old is now explaining the whole story, step by step.
Here’s the full transcript of Wickmayer’s presser at the Koning Boudewijn Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
Welcome,
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who is present here today. It is extremely important for me to be able to tell my story.
- November and December 2008, I was training in Switzerland.
- In January 2009, I was in Australia to prepare myself for the Australian Open.
- Because of this, all of the letters that were sent to my house that had to be signed for, I was unable to receive and were returned to sender.
- On February 18, 2009 I went online and Googled the general email address of the doping agency, and sent them and email to ask for information as I had heard several players talk about the new anti doping program. Read more »
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