http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=ArT_g1Iz1PcUj4sYSlwIHmo4v7YF?slug=ap-wickmayersuspended&prov=ap&type=lgnsBRUSSELS (AP)—A Belgian anti-doping tribunal has suspended U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer for one year for allegedly failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times.
The Flemish regional tribunal said in a statement issued Thursday that the minimum one-year sanction is “reasonable.” Tribunal spokesman Koen Uman says the suspension takes immediate effect, but can be appealed by Wickmayer.
The 18th-ranked Belgian has denied any wrongdoing and said on her Web site she planned to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Pretty freaking ridiculous, if you ask me.