American tennis player Wayne Odesnik has received a 15-year ban for the second doping violation of his career.
Odesnik's urine samples tested positive for metabolites of the anabolic steroid methenolone and androst and growth hormone, which are prohibited substances under WADA's code, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the anti-doping program run by the international tennis federation announced Wednesday.
The 29-year-old has played in three tournaments this season and is ranked No. 267 in the world.
Odesnik was born in South Africa and moved to the U.S. at age 3. He has never won an ATP Tour title and reached a career-best ranking of No. 77 in 2009.
He served a one-year ban in 2010, when he was found with eight vials of HGH in his luggage when he arrived in Australia for a tournament.
"I did not know that the sole possession of any banned substance at that time was a violation," he said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports in 2011. "I know if you take something and test positive, it's a violation, but seeing as I've never taken it, I never thought that with a doctor's consultation that it would be a doping violation."...
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Dude reading from Alex Rodriguez's script?
Odesnik's urine samples tested positive for metabolites of the anabolic steroid methenolone and androst and growth hormone, which are prohibited substances under WADA's code, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the anti-doping program run by the international tennis federation announced Wednesday.
The 29-year-old has played in three tournaments this season and is ranked No. 267 in the world.
Odesnik was born in South Africa and moved to the U.S. at age 3. He has never won an ATP Tour title and reached a career-best ranking of No. 77 in 2009.
He served a one-year ban in 2010, when he was found with eight vials of HGH in his luggage when he arrived in Australia for a tournament.
"I did not know that the sole possession of any banned substance at that time was a violation," he said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports in 2011. "I know if you take something and test positive, it's a violation, but seeing as I've never taken it, I never thought that with a doctor's consultation that it would be a doping violation."...
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ten...k-banned-15-years/ar-BBimL2w?ocid=mailsignout
Dude reading from Alex Rodriguez's script?
Why else do you think Nadal ends up with these mysterious "recurring injuries"?
