Gasquet cleared to return to tour
Gasquet cleared to return to tour
France's Richard Gasquet has been cleared to return to competitive tennis
after testing positive for cocaine.
The 23-year-old, ranked 32nd in the world, was provisionally suspended in May
after failing a doping test at the Miami Masters in March.
But the International Federation (ITF) accepted his defence that "the cocaine
entered his system through inadvertent contamination in a nightclub".
He was given a suspension of two months and 15 days, which ended on Wednesday.
The ITF's independent anti-doping tribunal found that "while he was at fault
in exposing himself to the risk of such contamination, that fault was not
significant.
"It further ruled that, in the exceptional and 'probably unique'
circumstances of the case, it would be unjust and disproportionate to impose
a 12-month sanction on Mr Gasquet."
The tribunal found that he had tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a
metabolite of cocaine, and rejected his suggestion that, because he withdrew
from the tournament, it should be treated as an out-of-competition test.
The Frenchman turned professional in 2002 and has won five singles titles and
more than US$4m (￡2.7m) in prize money during his career.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8152674.stm
ITF官方聲明稿
http://www.itftennis.com/antidoping/news/pressrelease.asp?articleid=20264
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