Simona Halep was heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on February 7-9 in the case of the doping scandal with Roxadustat at the US Open 2022, but Elizabeth Lipa believes the athlete is innocent.

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Elizabeth Lipe: “I am firmly convinced that Simona Halep is innocent”

Last week, Simona Halep exhausted her only option to prove her innocence in the Roxadustat doping scandal at the 2022 US Open.

The former world leader was listened to on TAS for three days, and on Friday she also gave her first reaction to this topic.

Elisabeth Lipe, president of the National Sports Agency (ANS), said in an interview that she fully trusts Simona and that the athlete is innocent.

“If I knew Simona Halep’s chances at TAS, I would tell you, but God and those who judge her know what verdict they will give. I can only say that you should not be in her place, because psychologically it is not easy to go through something like this, especially when you know that you are innocent.

I firmly believe that she is innocent, because at Simona’s level, she could not be positively identified with such amateurism. But, unfortunately, the athlete leaves himself completely in the hands of his team, and when he gets into Simona’s situation, only the athlete is responsible for what is wrong.” – this is what he conveyed, reports Agerpres.

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).

• These days, Simone has exhausted her only recourse: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

• Halep was heard at the CAS on February 7-9, 2024.

• A Swiss court said the former WTA leader had asked to overturn the decision of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) and “reduce” its sanctions.

• If the 4-year disqualification remains in force, then the ex-WTA leader can theoretically return to the tennis court on October 6, 2026. Halep would have turned 35 at that time.

• 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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