The 27-year-old athlete vehemently denied ever using cocaine, telling reporters at a press conference, “I would personally be terrified of taking drugs.” She went on to present opposing independent test results, and conjecture that the official test had been mishandled. Despite her claims of innocence, Hingis retired, saying she did not want to enter into a protracted fight with anti-doping officials.
In an ultimate slap in the face, the ITF was all, “Oh hey, you can’t quit, your ass is straight banned, bitch.”
Well ok, they didn’t actually say that, they just released this statement:
The ITF explains that they “rejected the suggestion made on behalf of Ms. Hingis that there were doubts about the identity and/or integrity of the sample attributed to her… The Tribunal also rejected Ms Hingis’ plea of No (or No Significant) Fault or Negligence, on the basis that no mitigation was possible as it had not been shown how the cocaine entered her system.”
Yet another slap in the face: the ITF made the decision retroactive to October 2007, meaning Martina must forfeit the points and prize money ($129,481) earned at last year’s Wimbledon.
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