One month or four years? Timing key in Kyrgios ban
Summary
Nick Kyrgios, an Australian tennis player, tested positive for a cocaine metabolite after a tournament in June and is currently suspended. The length of his ban depends on whether he can prove he took the drug outside of competition; if so, the ban may last only one to three months, but it could be up to four years otherwise.Key Facts
- Kyrgios tested positive for benzoylecgonine, which shows cocaine use, at a June tennis event in Mallorca.
- He has been provisionally suspended since August 4.
- The ban length depends on if he took the drug during competition or outside of it.
- He was in competition on June 8-12 (Stuttgart) and June 21-22 (Mallorca).
- If Kyrgios proves he took cocaine before competing, the ban could be as short as one month.
- Earlier cases show reduced bans if players prove drug use happened out of competition and agree to treatment.
- Other tennis players, like Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek, have served short bans for different substances recently.
- Kyrgios previously criticized the tennis doping system as being unfair.
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