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I really think that if the ISU is going to make this sort of thing available on the internet for anyone to find, they should NOT be putting the skater's home address on it.....
ITA. But I guess internationally privacy doesn't matter quite that much.I really think that if the ISU is going to make this sort of thing available on the internet for anyone to find, they should NOT be putting the skater's home address on it.....
ITA. But I guess internationally privacy doesn't matter quite that much.
Several years ago, Elena Berenzhnaya was banned for testing positive for a substance in a cold medicine she had been prescribed. She had taken the medicine after asking the team doctor, who said it was OK, but it turned out the drug was on the IOC banned list. Because she had followed the rules, she was given only a one-year ban.
Actually, the official suspension was for 3 months. But it really was different. An athlete must ask their team physician before taking any medicine. Elena did that, so punishing her was really cruel, hence a light sentence. Larionov, even if we accept that he did not want to take any banned substance, did not follow the rules by asking the physician for a prescription.IIRC, it wasn't even a year. I think she got dinged for it at Euros, sat out the Worlds, and she & Anton were back for the GP the next season; that would have been what, 8 months??
Personally, I feel that in the attempt to fight against doping, some of the measures taken are unfair and in certain cases downright cruel. For instance, last month a cyclist was forced to submit to a test as he was preparing for his child's funeral
While a two-year suspension against an athlete who made a procedural error but had no intention of taking a banned substance is not on that level, it is still ridiculous and excessive. And it may have just ended the guy's career. I have to wonder if some of the anti-doping measures are becoming more damaging than the actual doping.
Presume it's whimsical. A caught cheating judge does not get banned.Kyoko Ina was originally banned 4 years because she was said to have refused a drug test. She appealed and the ban was reduced to 2 years.
The length of the ban depends on the transgression, and any extenuating circumstances may permit the ban to be reduced.
Several years ago, Elena Berenzhnaya was banned for testing positive for a substance in a cold medicine she had been prescribed. She had taken the medicine after asking the team doctor, who said it was OK, but it turned out the drug was on the IOC banned list. Because she had followed the rules, she was given only a one-year ban.
There were no extenuating circumstances in Yuri Larionov's case.