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Warne had taken another tablet in December
Sydney, Feb 25: Putting to rest speculations about the number of diuretic pills he had consumed before being banned, disgraced spinner Shane Warne today admitted that he had taken a similar tablet in early December before sustaining the shoulder injury.
Sydney, Feb 25: Putting to rest speculations about the number of diuretic pills he had consumed before being banned, disgraced spinner Shane Warne today admitted that he had taken a similar tablet in early December before sustaining the shoulder injury.
Speaking on channel nine's "a current affair", Warne, leading wicket taker for Australia in test cricket, said that he was given the pill by his mother brigitte to get rid of an
alchohol-induced double chin.
"I was (drug) tested on December 12 which was negative. This was before the injury - I was injured on the 15th. It has since come up at the hearing that there were small traces of the same ingredients that I was tested positive for in January. "I admitted to the hearing that I had taken a tablet in early December. I was doing a lot of wine promotions. I'd had a couple too many bottles of wine and had a few late nights.”
"I took a fluid tablet then - that was the first time she (brigitte) gave it to me. It was to get rid of a double chin," said Warne, who is serving a 12-month ban after testing positive for diuretic.
"I'd just come back from Tasmania where I'd played a one- day game. I was disappointed because we'd lost the game and we were out of the one-day competition. And I'd had a couple too many and came home and I took a fluid tablet then."
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"I was (drug) tested on December 12 which was negative. This was before the injury - I was injured on the 15th. It has since come up at the hearing that there were small traces of the same ingredients that I was tested positive for in January. "I admitted to the hearing that I had taken a tablet in early December. I was doing a lot of wine promotions. I'd had a couple too many bottles of wine and had a few late nights.”
"I took a fluid tablet then - that was the first time she (brigitte) gave it to me. It was to get rid of a double chin," said Warne, who is serving a 12-month ban after testing positive for diuretic.
"I'd just come back from Tasmania where I'd played a one- day game. I was disappointed because we'd lost the game and we were out of the one-day competition. And I'd had a couple too many and came home and I took a fluid tablet then."
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