Steroids are running rampant in sports. Marion Jones, Roger Clemens — pretty much everyone we’ve looked up to for their athletic prowess have been proven to be cheaters. But what about the athletes that we’ve looked up to for their hotness? Not so hot there either, apparently. According to some dudes at the International Tennis Federation, the former Swiss Miss Martina Hingis has been suspended for two years after she had tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon last year. As a result, Hingis will have to pay back the $129,481 she won and other assorted shaming. Of course, this would all have been much more stunning if, er, Hingis wasn’t already retired from tennis. Oh well.
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The ITF, however, said an independent anti-doping tribunal found that a sample provided by Hingis on June 29, 2007 tested positive for cocaine. The tribunal rejected the suggestion made on behalf of Hingis that there were doubts about the identity or integrity of the sample.
Hingis angrily denied that she used cocaine in her November press conference, saying, “I find this accusation so horrendous, so monstrous, that I have decided to confront it head-on by talking to the press.
“I am frustrated and angry. I believe that I am absolutely, one hundred percent innocent.”
We still believe in ya, Swiss Miss. No, really. Keep your head up. Or down.
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