Yanina Wickmayer — Paying for Andre Agassi’s Confessions? November 9
There is a lot of drama being played out at this time in the world of tennis. The first is probably the admission of one of the brightest stars in the tennis constellation Andre Agassi that he was into recreational drugs, specifically crystal meth. While Agassi has been quoted as saying his honesty was a difficult thing for him to do – being compensated five million dollars to do it – his claim that he was able to test positive for the existence of banned substances in his system and talk his way out of it certainly made it appear that certain officials were fools.
Yanina Wickmayer, the 20-year old Belgian who is currently ranked No. 18, on the other hand, has been slapped with a one year ban. The reason was that the athlete reportedly failed to report her whereabouts three times over an 18-month period. No, she did not test positive for anything and made up some insane alibi and somehow got away with it. No, she did not fail to show up for a drug test.
It certainly does seem that officials feel like they were taken for a ride and would like to flex their muscles and show that hey, you know, we are in charge. And somehow, someone needs to be punished in order to put this power on display. Looks like Wickmayer was easy bait, despite the fact that the recommended “punishment” for her “sins” was a quick slap on the hand – a stern warning.
As of Thursday, Wickmayer has withdrawn from an event in Bali, but she will reportedly not take this sitting down and will make an appeal. Apparently, she had trouble with her password while trying to get into the WADA website to update her whereabouts.
Poor Yanina.
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I agree with the author. By buying his book we are going to pay for his confessions