Simona Halep is seeking justice in court, with the latest news from the former WTA leader’s camp suggesting that the athlete has identified the product that caused her to fail a doping test at the 2022 US Open.
>> The head of the National Anti-Doping Agency explains the current situation of Simona Halep
The drug was allegedly prescribed by a doctor with more than 40 years of experience in high-level sports
The Romanian is temporarily suspended from tennis due to a positive test for Roxadustat (conducted during the US Open 2022).
As reported by Prosport, Simona and her team identified and specified the name of the manufacturer who offered her the contaminated food supplement.
In addition, Halep would have provided her doping judges with the exact batch number, as well as a certificate of analysis of the product.
According to the cited source, Simoni was recommended this supplement by a doctor with decades of experience (over 40) in the field of competitive sports.
Halep instructed this doctor to find out if the ingredients of this nutritional supplement are on the list of prohibited products published by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) for the 2022 season.
The experts hired by Simona rely on the idea of ​​contamination (rather than consumption of a contaminated food supplement) and hope to receive only a reprimand without a permanent suspension.
“If he used something that was contaminated without his knowledge, it wasn’t labeled, he wouldn’t suspect that it was, for example, a synonym for a substance on the banned list, and even if he did his best to look for ingredients, he would have checked each and every synonym the substance did not appear on the prohibited list, then the athlete did not have this full guilt, and the period of temporary disqualification could be canceled” – Gabriela Andreyasuchairman of ANAD, reports Sport Total FM.
Simona Halep’s case will be considered in an emergency mode
Simona’s case will be heard urgently by Sports Resolution, an independent court in London that hears doping cases in white sport.
However, if innocence cannot be proven, Simone has one more appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
It will be recalled that the maximum suspension that Halep could receive is 4 years.
Source: Hot News
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