Ion Cyriak supported Simona Halep throughout the doping scandal and said that he was surprised by the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which reduced the disqualification of the Romanian (from 4 years to 9 months).

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Ion Cyriac did not expect TAS to reduce Simona Halep’s suspension

At the start of the year, the businessman said he did not expect the CAS to change the original decision in Simona’s case, given the way it handled the case of gymnast Andrea Redukan, who was stripped of her gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sinde after testing positive for pseudoephedrine .

“My God, I didn’t expect this. For one reason, and you know it better than I do: Sydney. There, you remember, I proved with proper documents that the situation of Andrea Redukan was a fiction. Her sample, like Halep’s blood sample, was tampered with in some way or wrong. So I didn’t have much confidence.

Honestly, I thank God that I was wrong and did not believe. I did not expect them to be so fair, sharp.

Halep was not under the influence of doping or drugs. This happened from a somewhat counterfeit product. They said she was guilty of negligence. I doubt it’s her fault.

Imagine another job: Halep plays. After two or three hours, the score is 6-6 in the third set, I’m in a tiebreak. At the tie-break 3-3. The court changes after six points, the player goes to get a bottle of water. He says, “Whoa, stop! Please call the lab, have someone come and check that this bottle is clean, clean, water or compote” – Ion Syriacquoted by Gazeta Sporturilor.

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Ion Cyriac spoke again about Simona’s one mistake in the whole doping scandal: the fact that she initially defended Patrik Muratoglu, even though his team recommended a collagen supplement (which turned out to be contaminated with Roxadustat).

“Miss Halep, you had nothing to say here on the first day. “Please see the team I pay, where and what ingredients. I had a negative at 29 or so, also had one 3 days ago. I tell myself that I am positive today. Ask them.” That was Halep’s only mistake: “No one touches my team.”

It was a simple job, you joined the team with all the lawyers. The team recognized after 6-8 months, too late. Dead is dead. They bathed her, dressed her. At the time, the team argued that this product was broken.

On the other hand, Halep was positive. I passed the law in 1999 when Samaranch (Juan Antonio, former president of the International Olympic Committee – no) sent me with five others, the head of Coca-Cola, AMG, Philips, all the big partners of the IOC, to create an organization and get rid of the doping problem. I was very direct, I said, “No, no.” A positive is a positive’.

The fifth cheat holds you by the neck, and the sixth puts something in you, you are positive! The only thing is that you then explain how you got the positive. If you don’t know, think about how others could know how you tested positive. But 99% of the positive ones know well why they are. Then the law had to be much stricter for a real positive result. WADA is doing its smear work. The only thing you do with those who don’t do their job?

Now the culprits, here we come. Who is to blame? Halep no! And they say that it is positive, but careless. Well, Halep couldn’t be careless at that moment. Someone gave it to him (a supplement contaminated with Roxadustat – no). Who gave it to him? The team is responsible for this!” – Ion Syriacaccording to VSP.

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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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