Simona Halep (31 years old) was disqualified for 4 years for doping, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) reported. The court accepted Simona Halep’s argument that she had taken contaminated dietary supplements, but determined that the amount ingested by the player could not have resulted in the concentration of roxadustat found in the positive sample.
Simona Halep was temporarily suspended in October 2022, and the period of her disqualification is taken into account from October 7, 2022 to October 6, 2026. The athlete confirmed that she will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS).
In addition, the ex-WTA leader filed a lawsuit against the company Schinoussa Superfood, which produced the contaminated supplement (No. Keto MCT), said Simona’s lawyer Bohdan Stoyka.
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