Brazilian tennis player Marcelo Melo came back early from a doping violation to compete in the Olympics. However, the outcome didn't go so well as documented by the Turkmenistan News.
Marcelo Melo, who with his partner Andre Sa, was blown off the court by Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, has two rather well known incidents against his name.
First, last year he and Sa were engaged in a double matches lasting six hours and 13 minutes, making it the longest match at Wimbledon beating the 1968 singles clash between Pancho Gonzalez and Charlie Pasarell, which lasted five hours and 12 minutes.
Last year itself, Melo was also banned for two months for testing positive for the stimulant isometheptene at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen's Club. The ban, usually two years, was reduced because the International Tennis Federation ruled that Melo did not take the substance to 'enhance his sporting performance.' But he did forfeit his prize money.
Never ceases to amaze me how the top-ranked players get away with "possible" doping, even when the evidence to convict them is stronger than anything Barry Bonds ever had against him.
Posted by: Bored-of-wasting-my-time | 08/19/2008 at 18:23