More Drug Testing News

From most recent to not-so-recent:

• Karol Beck has reportedly tested positive for an unidentified banned substance after the Slovakian Davis Cup semifinal.

  "Karol Beck informed us he attended a hearing at the International Tennis Federation 10 days ago, and we are expecting a verdict within the next couple of days," said Igor Moska, general secretary of the Slovak Tennis Association.

• Younes El Aynaoui has reportedly tested positive for marijuana. No decision have been made.
• Alex Bogolomov, Jr. was suspended for a short time late last year, after testing positive for a drug as a result of a prescription asthma medication that was not listed on file.
• Mariano Puerta is awaiting the decision on his appeal against the 8 year ban he received.

  The 27-year-old tested positive for the banned stimulant etilefrine following last year's French Open final having previously served a nine-month ban after he failed a test for clenbuterol in February 2003.
  
  CAS are scheduled to give a verdict during the next four months.
  

• Sesil Karatancheva is appealing her 2 year ban. It appears that her defense is still that she was pregnant at the time of the tests, which has not been corroborated by the samples tested.

  The two-year ban was imposed by the International Tennis Federation after the Bulgarian twice tested positive for the steroid nandrolone last year.
  
  She failed the first test after she had lost to Russia's Elena Likhovtseva in the fourth round of the French Open at Roland Garros last year.
  
  A month later, Karatantcheva tested positive again for nandrolone in an out-of-competition test in Tokyo.
  
  Both tests were treated as a first offence for sanctioning purposes by an ITF tribunal which met last month [December] in London.

I think it is taking waaaay to long to inform the public about these test results, and I am curious as to why the French sports magazine seems to have the inside edge on getting the drug test news leaks. :)