Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Banned Belgian duo launch appeals

Belgian duo Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse
Wickmayer (left) and Malisse will fight their bans

Belgians Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against one-year bans for breaching anti-doping rules.

US Open semi-finalist Wickmayer was suspended by a Flemish anti-doping tribunal after failing to report her whereabouts three times.

The 29-year-old Malisse twice failed to report his whereabouts.

He also missed a test when unavailable for testing at an address he had provided and was banned for a year.

A decision from CAS will be made within four months.

Under the World Anti-Doping Agency's rules, elite athletes must make themselves available for out-of-competition testing for one hour a day, 365 days a year.

They must give three months' notice of where they will be so they can be tested.

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