In an interview given to our colleagues from the TeamCaroline Garcia explains in her own words the “mental dictatorship” imposed by anti‐doping controls.
« What’s really hard is that you already have the anxiety of “the hour per day” that you cannot miss (the one that athletes provide so that they can be located daily between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m., in the event of an unexpected check ). You get two errors, two no-shows in 365 days. (If a high-level athlete is guilty of three breaches of whereabouts obligations, he can be suspended for two years, no-show being one of the possible breaches.) Knowing that you have time differences everywhere, that you fly in every way… You can finish your match at 11 p.m., you just lost, you are in the coaltar, but you still have to specify your time for the next day”
Published on Sunday January 12, 2025 at 10:53
