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CommentsU.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal, accused of failing to report her whereabouts to drug-testing officials three times.
Wickmayer’s suspension came as a surprise, because a prosecutor recommended she receive only a warning for missing three tests over 18 months. The tribunal said Wickmayer’s failure to live up to anti-doping rules required a suspension.
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The South African track chief who lied about his role in 800-meter runner Caster Semenya’s gender tests was suspended, the nation’s top sports body said. Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene and the rest of the track body’s 12-member board were suspended pending investigations into their handling of Semenya’s case, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee said. ... The Minnesota Lynx will have the top pick in next year’s WNBA draft. The Seattle Storm will select 11th.
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