Anna Backs ITF Anti-Drugs Push By: IFCAK Staff Date: March 6, 2001, 8:29am
The ITF (International Tennis Federation) has launched a new campaign aimed at keeping junior tennis players away from the temptations of drugs. The campaign is aided by Anna Kournikova who voiced her support for the initiatives.
The campaign was unveiled at a news conference in Den Bosch in the run up to Friday's Davis Cup quarter-final between the Netherlands and Germany.
"This is an important campaign. There are many pressures to win when you start out on the junior circuit," said Kournikova.
"The dangers of taking drugs may not be known to young people and I hope that the ITF campaign will help change that. Drugs do not have a place in sports."
ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti said: "Professional tennis has had few problems with drug abuse and it is our intention to continue to keep our sport clean.
"We hope that this campaign will reinforce to junior players that drug abuse is a danger to their health.
"The virtual absence of drugs at the professional level sets a good example for the junior player but sometimes something stronger, like this campaign, is needed to make the point."
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