Simona Halep is awaiting a verdict from TAC on her doping ban, and good news is coming from the US that seems to support her theory of contamination from the additive used.

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Supplement used by Simona Halep allegedly contains “unknown Chinese ingredients”

Last week, Simona Halep’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Canadian company Quantum Nutrition, which produced the supplement used by the former world leader.

Tennisuptodate.com claims that the Keto MCT product contains unknown Chinese ingredients, which means that the arguments Simone used in her defense at TAS are very valid.

The Canadians would use Chinese ingredients instead of the Pacific ingredients they had to list in the prospectus.

Halep is seeking $10 million in damages in a lawsuit filed in New York.

Keto MCT’s product description only lists four ingredients from premium coconuts, but the problem comes with hydrolyzed Pacific marine collagen peptides.

The formula is said to restore collagen, but there is no warning in the leaflet about Roxadustat, which is used instead to treat anemic people, the US publication claims.

Other materials about the hearing of Simona Halep from TAS:

>> Simona Halep, the court with the company that produced the contaminated supplement – Sportiva demands huge damages

>> Ion Cyriac, new allegations in Simona Halep suspension case: “Blood sample was improperly processed”

>> Simona Halep, annoyed by reporters after returning to the country: “Is all this madness necessary, right?”

>> The American press reports when Simona Halep can get a CAS verdict

>> PHOTOS of Simona Halep, first post after three days of TAS hearings – post by Darren Cahill

>> Simona Halep’s lawyer, the first words after the athlete spoke for three days in CAS

>> Simona Halep, the last day of CAS hearings – “Halep will remain with the stigma of doping for the rest of her life”

>> Simona Halep, TAS hearing – The most important details of the second day of hearings

>> Simona Halep, listening on TAS – The most important details from the first day

What you need to know about Simona Halep’s doping case

• 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 suspended for 4 years for two separate violations of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (TADP): the presence and use of the substance roxadustat in a urine sample collected after an anti-doping test conducted at the 2022 US Open (1) and a violation of her biological passport (2).

• Simona exhausted her only recourse: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

• Halep was heard at the CAS on February 7-9, 2024.

• The Swiss court said that the ex-leader of the WTA asked to cancel the decision of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) and “reduce” its sanctions.

• If the 4-year disqualification remains in force, the ex-WTA leader can theoretically return to the tennis court on October 6, 2026. Halep will be 35 years old at that time.

• On August 29, 2022, Simona Halep played her last official match on the world stage. At the US Open, in the inaugural round, our athlete unexpectedly defeated Daria Snigur (at that time, 124th place in the WTA, based on the qualification).