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Nadal expresses disgust at doping in sport
There is one thing that makes the Spaniard Rafael Nadal frown - doping
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A French daily accused Rafa Nadal of foul play in late May, and few things overpower the number two of world tennis more than this topic. "I would not take drugs even if nobody tested me around the year. No way would I take doping drugs." Nadal stressed in an interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa. He further admitted that the succession of doping cases in cycling and athletics "cause great harm to all other sportsmen." The 20-year-old, who was knocked out of his home Madrid Masters Friday by Tomas Berdych, said it never crossed his mind to use performance-enhancing drugs to improve his tennis. "I would much prefer to lose than win by cheating," he said, adding that he couldn't believe it when Mariano Puerta and Guillermo Canas failed dope tests for clenbuterol and the prohibited diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCT), respectively. "We take 17 doping tests every year, At any time. They have come to find me at my home, in Manacor, to test for doping," he said. "One day just like that, while I was training. It's impossible. You cannot take drugs. |