Simona Halep received a 4-year suspension in the doping scandal in which she appears, and the athlete took the first step against the company Schinoussa Superfoods, which supplied supplements contaminated with Roxadustat.

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Simona Halep sued the Canadian company Schinoussa Superfoods, which supplied supplements contaminated with Roxadustat.

Simona Halep’s lawyer confirmed the fact that the ex-WTA leader filed a civil lawsuit against the specified company (No. Schinoussa Superfoods).

“We sued the Canadian company more than a month and a half ago. The process can only be one of the compensations, it will have only a civil impact, it cannot have any impact on the sports case,” Bohdan Stoyka, Simona Halep’s lawyer, in a speech on Euronews, gsp.ro reports.

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How to explain the mistake of Simona Halep, who did not mention the consumption of a tainted supplement

In the ITIA’s published justification for Halep’s suspension, there is information at one point that the athlete did not mention the consumption of the tainted supplement either in August or in a discussion with ITIA representatives that took place last October.

Later at the hearing, Simona said that she forgot to mention this supplement, which she took before participating in the US Open 2022.

“Symona has done over 200 tests, you don’t test what you eat, you usually test something that’s medical or prescription or something like that. He simply forgot, especially since the receipt of these supplements and the start of their intake was the day before these tests.

It must be understood that the fact that he did not mention these additives has no legal significance, even ITIA experts did not deny for a moment that the additives reached New York. These things are accepted, it was an escape” – Bohdan StoykaSimona Halep’s lawyer, for the cited source.

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Know:

• The news that Simona Halep was temporarily suspended for doping appeared on Friday, October 21, 2022.

• Simona’s case was heard by Sport Resolutions, an independent tribunal in London that hears doping cases in white sport. Halep was disqualified for 4 years.

• Simone has only one appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

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