{"id":26122,"date":"2023-04-27T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-slovakian-martin-banned-for\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T11:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:54:44","slug":"tennis-slovakian-martin-banned-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-slovakian-martin-banned-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Slovakian Martin banned for 14 months after failing dope test"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Reuters) – Slovakian tennis player Andrej Martin has been suspended for 14 months for failing a doping test, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Martin, who reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of 93 in 2020, tested positive for an anabolic agent at the Bratislava Open in June.<\/p>\n

Martin’s ban was reduced from the stipulated period of four years after he satisfied an independent tribunal that the offence was not intentional.<\/p>\n

“The player asserted that he had played in a floorball tournament… and that the presence of the substance was caused by mistakenly drinking from a team mate’s water bottle, identical in appearance to his own,” ITIA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Martin’s floorball team mate admitted that he added ostarine drops to his water bottle. The Independent Tribunal considered Martin’s statement to be plausible.” <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n

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