Simona tested positive for roxadustat after the 2022 US Open and has not played tennis for a year. Elizabeth Lieba, president of the National Sports Agency, also commented on the situation of the former WTA leader.

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Elizabeth Lipe and the case of Simona Halep: “You say that athletes are criminals, they knock on their doors at 6 in the morning to check you”

Lipe does not believe that Simona could have “thought” of doping, given the fact that athletes are often subjected to anti-doping tests.

“She has no choice, her fate is no longer up to her, she is in the hands of these agencies who really don’t understand why they are taking so long. He had time to say yes or no.

I met Simone almost a month ago when I returned from Paris. All of us who know what sports are, are with her, but unfortunately, we can’t help her.

Only she knows. And her medical team. It’s really hard for me to believe that… reaching such a high level and using substances that I don’t know how much they can help you… I can’t believe that you would even think of using something like that at this level.

There are many inspections, you cannot escape from inspections. It’s as if you say that athletes are some kind of criminals who did something wrong, they knock on them at 6 in the morning, check them” – Elizaveta Lypaat the press conference, quoted by News.ro.

Know:

• The news that Simona Halep was temporarily suspended for doping appeared on Friday, October 21, 2022.

• Halep is temporarily suspended from tennis after testing positive for Roxadustat (conducted during the 2022 US Open). Later, Simona was also accused of “violations” in the biological sports passport.

• Simona’s case is now being heard by Sport Resolutions, 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.

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