In a recent interview, Austrian teenager, Tamira Paszek, revealed that she had undergone a medical procedure that transferred fluids to the site of a herniated disk in an effort to relieve pressure and pain. Due to the nature of these autologous injections, questions arose over whether Paszek violated anti-doping regulations by obtaining this treatment. Paszek has since contacted the Austrian tennis federation to determine whether or not she needs to file a therapeutic use exemption. While an official statement has not yet been released by the ITF, Paszek's injections could be categorized as blood doping.
Personally, I think anti-doping regulations have become a bit of a constant witch-hunt that isn't even consistently strict. Compare Richard Gasquet's two-month cocaine suspension to Martina Hingis' two-year ban that ended her career. Both had equally small amounts of the substance in their system and both pleaded innocence.
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