Nick Kyrgios free to compete after accepting one-month cocaine ban
Tennis player Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to competition after serving a one-month ban for a positive cocaine test. The suspension was reduced from three months after Kyrgios agreed to enter a treatment program and the ITIA determined the usage was outside of competition.
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The case underscores the evolving approach of sports governing bodies toward athlete welfare and substance use rehabilitation.
Nick Kyrgios can compete from Friday, September 4. ( Getty Images: PA Images/Ben Whitley )
Nick Kyrgios will be eligible to compete again from today, after a one-month ban for testing positive for cocaine.
Kyrgios had been facing a ban of anything from three months up to four years for the positive test.
The three-month baseline ban was reduced to a month after Kyrgios agreed to enter a treatment program.
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After admitting his "huge mistake" when initially suspended for failing a drugs test on June 22 at an ATP 250 tournament in Spain, Kyrgios is allowed to compete again from Friday.
Kyrgios, who had been provisionally suspended since August 4, had faced a ban ranging from a baseline three-month period to up to four years.
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