Simona Halep’s doping case has spread around the world, many figures in the world of sports have expressed their opinion. This also applies to the famous Dutch doctor Babette Pluim, who spoke about roxadustat, a banned substance found in the body of the former WTA leader.

Simona Halep was temporarily suspended from tennis due to a positive test result for roxadustat.

If she wanted to do drugs, Simona Halep had better options than tennis

“Other alternatives, including EPO, are more difficult to detect than this roxadustat,” Babette Pluim tells NRC.

“It mainly affects athletes who are forced to constantly exert themselves. The maximum oxygen consumption of tennis players is 55-60%.

For cyclists, this is sometimes 90 to 100 percent. “Tennis players who spend an hour and a half on court do not benefit from exposure to this banned substance,” he says. Babette Pluim according to a quoted source, reports Eurosport.

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