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Doping-Drugs ban forces Volandri out of Australian Open
[SIZE=-1]Reuters UK, UK [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Italy's Filippo Volandri has been suspended for three months after testing positive for a banned stimulant and will miss next week's Australian Open.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The independent tribunal found a sample provided by Mr Volandri on 13 March 2008 at the ATP Tour event in Indian Wells ... contained salbutamol at a concentration greater than 1,000 ng/ml," the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said in a statement on Friday.[/SIZE] [...]
[SIZE=-1]Volandri said he had a medical exemption certificate to use Ventolin, which contains salbutamol, to treat his condition but was deemed to have exceeded his limit.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The tribunal accepted Mr Volandri had not taken salbutamol with intent to enhance his sporting performance, rather he had taken salbutamol to treat his asthma," the statement added.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"However, it found his ATUE (exemption certificate) only permitted him to use asthma medication in line with generally accepted asthma treatment guidelines, and that the amount of salbutamol he inhaled was not consistent with such use and so could not be said to be proper therapeutic use.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The tribunal therefore found a doping offence had been committed."[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Reuters UK, UK [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Italy's Filippo Volandri has been suspended for three months after testing positive for a banned stimulant and will miss next week's Australian Open.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The independent tribunal found a sample provided by Mr Volandri on 13 March 2008 at the ATP Tour event in Indian Wells ... contained salbutamol at a concentration greater than 1,000 ng/ml," the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said in a statement on Friday.[/SIZE] [...]
[SIZE=-1]Volandri said he had a medical exemption certificate to use Ventolin, which contains salbutamol, to treat his condition but was deemed to have exceeded his limit.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The tribunal accepted Mr Volandri had not taken salbutamol with intent to enhance his sporting performance, rather he had taken salbutamol to treat his asthma," the statement added.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"However, it found his ATUE (exemption certificate) only permitted him to use asthma medication in line with generally accepted asthma treatment guidelines, and that the amount of salbutamol he inhaled was not consistent with such use and so could not be said to be proper therapeutic use.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"The tribunal therefore found a doping offence had been committed."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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