Paul Cucur and Dan Mihai, the only Romanians from Sport Resolutions (a London-based agency for the resolution of sports disputes), said that Simona Halep has been officially accused of using the doping agent Roxadustat at the US Open 2022.

Simona Halep has to make a decision after being accused of doping

The two-time Grand Slam winner has 20 days to appeal the charges or take a plea deal.

“Halep was brought to doping. The investigation has been completed. Simona Halep now has 20 days to either appeal the conviction or enter into, there is also the option, a plea deal that will reduce her sentence from 4 years, which is the standard sentence, to 3 years.– Pavlo Chukuron TVR.

Cases in which Simona Halep’s suspension can be reduced

“There would be two options: either a reduction of the fine or a minimization of the damage, a maximum reduction depending on certain steps, as I said, a possible admission. Regardless of whether we are talking about deliberate sabotage, but this presupposes, of course, a person who is willing, available and who, without her knowledge, proceeded with this deliberate contamination” – Pavel Chukur.

“It is possible that someone in the family was using this drug legally and this Roxadustat could have directly or indirectly entered Simone’s body. Easier to prove. This is the case of the Italian Sara Errani, who tested positive for letrozole, let’s say a more recent example, in which the former Roland Garros finalist claimed this: the fact that the infection occurred as a result of the interaction of some drugs used by her mother (without Femara), diagnosed with breast cancer, Femara dropped the tortellini pasta she was making for him when the player visited her family” – Dan Mihaiquoted by ProSport.

The lawyers also talked about the conditions that Halep should take into account if she refers to “contamination of the samples taken on anti-doping control”.

“It is necessary to see what violations could have occurred and whether these violations could lead to a different result than the one that is” – Dan Mihai.

“Given that both in test A and in test B, the athlete and athletes in general, and not only her, are directly involved: they put the test in these containers and, moreover, they have the opportunity, the right and the opportunity personally or through a representative to be present at the discovery of B’s ​​evidence, as it was in our case, cross-examination, this is an option with a very low chance of appeal.” – Pavlo Chukur.

Cukur also mentioned what the situation would be if Simona Halep defends herself with quotes contamination of physical supplements.

“It contains two conditions: one is to keep the open bottle from which he ingested the substance, the supplement he claims is contaminated, and the second is to have two more identical sealed bottles from the same batch” — Pavel Chukur.

Sports Resolutions, the agency that will handle Simona Halep’s hearing, is an independent forum for resolving sports disputes, News.ro writes.

Simona Halep has been suspended from tennis after she tested positive at the US Open for Roxadustat, a substance that helps improve blood oxygenation.

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