Agassi confessed taking drugs to make people learn from his difficult times.Byline: ANI London, Nov 2 (ANI): Tennis golden boy Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. has revealed that he confessed to using crystal methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. and dodging a drugs ban in his tell-all autobiography so that people can learn from his difficult times. Agassi may face Wada 'perjury wrath' over claims of taking speed. The WADA asked tennis bodies to investigate the possibility of a erjury case against the tennis player The American tennis legend revealed his use of the substance in his new autobiography "Open" and that he received a call from a doctor working for the ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. in the autumn of 1997 to inform him that he had failed a drug test. Agassi explained that he protested his innocence and lied, saying the meth meth n. Methamphetamine hydrochloride. was only in his system as he'd drank a friend's spiked drink. He was spared punishment, The Mirror reports. "It wasn't easy to be so candid. I didn't want to hurt anyone," explained Agassi, 39, in a video to promote his book. "I wasn't keen on embarrassing myself, but I felt my story was one from which many people could learn: difficult childhood, unhappy first marriage, struggle with professionalism, feeling of inadequacy." Agassi's had also revealed that his father Mike Agassi asked him to take the drug speed before a tournament and that his taking t, angered the World Anti-Doping Agency The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), French: Agence mondiale antidopage, is an independent foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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