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Federation: Taurasi tested positive for modafinil
ANKARA, Turkey (AP)—Basketball great Diana Taurasi tested positive for the stimulant modafinil and was provisionally suspended pending the result of her “B” sample test in January, Turkey’s basketball federation and team officials said Friday.
Taurasi was tested last month, following a Turkish league game between her team Fenerbahce and Istanbul University. A lab in the capital Ankara detected the stimulant in her “A” sample, the federation said in a statement.
“A final decision (on her situation) will be taken as soon as the process leading to the opening of the ‘B’ sample is complete,” the federation said.
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Taurasi’s lawyer, Howard Jacobs, told The Associated Press Thursday that the player, who has so far missed three games with Fenerbahce, has stayed away from performance enhancing substances throughout her 10 years of compe ion at college, professional and Olympic level.
“Diana Taurasi has never taken, been suspected of using, or tested positive for any performance enhancing substance,” he said.
Fenerbahce said in a statement posted on its website that Taurasi was upset that the doping claims broke before the testing process was finalized.
Taurasi and teammate Anna Vajda were routinely tested following the Nov. 13 league game, the club said. Vajda tested negative for any banned substances, it said.
Taurasi requested the “B” sample test, with the result to be disclosed on Jan. 2 or Jan. 4 in the presence of lawyers, Fenerbahce said.
“She is extremely disturbed that her right to confidentially has been breached and doping claims have been made even before the results of her test are out,” Fenerbahce said.
Neither Jacobs nor Fenerbahce confirmed that Taurasi tested positive for modafinil, a banned stimulant involved in several major doping cases, including that of Kelli White.
White won the 100 and 200-meter races at the 2003 world championships in Paris, but both her medals were stripped after she tested positive for modafinil.
Modafinil is used to counter excessive sleepiness due to narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder or sleep apnea, according to the website for prescription drug Provigil, which contains the substance.
Jacobs told the AP in a statement that while the player was fully cooperating with authorities, “there are serious doubts about the accuracy of the test results.”
“We are confident that Diana will be fully vindicated once all the evidence is reviewed.”
Jacobs said it was too early to tell how this might affect Taurasi’s eligibility for the 2012 Olympics in London. The International Olympic Committee bars any athlete given a doping penalty of six months or more from competing in the subsequent games.
Taurasi helped lead the University of Connecticut to three straight national championships as well as 70 consecutive victories from 2001-03. She was the AP Player of the Year in 2003.
Taurasi, who has won two Olympic gold medals, helped guide the U.S. national team to the world championship in early October. She led the WNBA in scoring for a league-record four straight years, averaging 22.6 points per game. The five-time All-Star and two-time WNBA champion signed a multiyear contract extension with the Phoenix Mercury in August.
Taurasi served one day in jail and was suspended by the team for two games in 2009 after pleading guilty to a drunk-driving charge.
She played in Russia for four years for powerhouse Spartak before joining the Turkish League this season. That league also features WNBA stars Sylvia Fowles, Penny Taylor and Seimone Augustus.
Taurasi leads the league in scoring with 24.6 points a game.
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