Reactions continue to emerge after TAS reduced Simona Halep’s ban (from 4 years to 9 months) and doctor Pompiliu Popescu issued a new stance on the two-time Grand Slam champion’s doping.

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The TAS verdict does not exempt Simona Halep from doping, says the former doctor of the Romanian national team, Pompiliu Popescu

The doctor of the Romanian national football team during the “golden generation” period believes that the whole scandal with Simona was planned in advance by Patrick Muratoglu, but notes that there is “no negligence” at this level.

“Doping remains! And one day, if he gave him that wonderful court, everyone was disqualified, and there was all the doping! As I said earlier, the decision was based on the evidence. The proof remains.

That he wanted to take it, that he didn’t want to take it, that he gave her that “hell”, Muratoglu or whatever his name is… Look, the Lausanne court recognized that Simona Halep is not really that guilty. , but it confirmed the fact that doping was found in her body.

It’s good for Halep that her suspension was eased, but it doesn’t absolve her of doping. This is the essence of doping, the test.

At this level, for such money, there is no negligence! Millions of euros are spinning there! I stayed awake worrying about whether I could protect the contracts worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars that football players had. I didn’t sleep!

And how then can you claim that a block factory in canada produces I don’t know what additives? It’s her business, what does that factory do! With the money you make, millions of euros, can you afford to deal with these messes?

This verdict impresses with the correctness of the competition. Instead of encouraging athletes to excel, they encouraged an idea of ​​innocence based on a lack of intent. Well, life is made to make mistakes without guilt.

What is the error? (Muratoglou’s team – no) When you say that you vitaminize, is that a mistake? It is a mistake when you are sleeping and someone comes up and hits you on the head. Or they pour a substance down your throat while you’re sedated or asleep.

This is a mistake! In this case, it can be said that they miscalculated and did not expect the consequences. I’m only talking about the doping that was found in her body” – Pompiliu Popescuformer doctor of the national team of Romania, for Fanatik.

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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).

• 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.

• On August 29, 2022, Simona Halep played her last official match on the world circuit. 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).

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