Confusion about Dayana Yastremska: Blocked - and yet on the way to Melbourne?
Actually, Dayana Yastremska is suspended due to a positive doping test. Now she appeared on a plane on the way to Melbourne.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jan 15, 2021, 09:28 am
The world rankings-29. announced on January 7th that it had tested positive for an illicit substance in November 2020 and was provisionally suspended by the ITF.
All the more irritating now is a photo that appeared on social media on Thursday: Yastremska next to Svetlana Kuznetsova on the plane - to Melbourne.
As tennis journalist Tumaini Carayol reports, the ITF has not changed anything, Yastremska is still "temporarily suspended" with the possibility of taking action. A repeal could take place if "the athlete can show the committee that he has most likely ingested a contaminated product".
Yastremska had already hinted in this direction in her doping declaration.
How will Yastremska continue and whether she can compete in Australia? Will probably show up.