Tennis: Paszek faces ban over doping case
Associated Press
VIENNA � Austrian tennis player Tamira Paszek faces a provisional suspension while officials investigate whether a medical treatment she received for a back injury violated doping regulations.
The Austrian anti-doping agency has asked its discplinary committee to temporarily ban Paszek.
Committee chairman Gernot Schaar said Wednesday that Paszek has seven days to respond.
The 18-year-old player received treatment earlier this month. Blood was taken for enrichment and later reinjected in the lower part of her back. Reinjecting one�s own blood is banned under international anti-doping rules.
The 59th-ranked Paszek alerted the doping agency eight days ago, saying she had not been aware the treatment was possibly illegal.