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sports1 year ago

Simona Halep's Successful Appeal: Overturning Career-Threatening Doping Ban

Former world No. 1 tennis player Simona Halep successfully appealed a four-year doping ban, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport reducing it to a backdated nine months, clearing her to return to competition. The ban stemmed from a drug test during the 2022 U.S. Open, but the CAS found different interpretations of the facts, ultimately dismissing one charge and reducing the ban. Halep's coach claimed responsibility for giving her the tainted supplement. The decision continues a pattern of initially severe doping bans in tennis being slashed on appeal to the CAS, leaving fans with confusing sagas.

via Defector|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-ban#international-tennis-integrity-agency
sports1 year ago

Simona Halep's Successful Appeal: Doping Ban Reduced to 9 Months

Simona Halep's four-year doping ban has been reduced to nine months after a successful appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that her anti-doping rule violations were "not intentional." The former world No 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion had been provisionally suspended since October 2022 but is now eligible to return to the sport immediately. The CAS determined that the prohibited substance Roxadustat entered her body through a contaminated supplement and that her anti-doping rule violations were not intentional. Halep, who maintained her innocence throughout, expressed relief and gratitude for the support she received during the long and trying process.

via The Athletic|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping#simona-halep
sports1 year ago

"Halep Cleared for Immediate Tennis Return After Doping Ban Reduction"

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced Simona Halep's four-year doping ban to nine months, allowing the former world number one to immediately return to competition. The 32-year-old Romanian, who had been suspended since October 2022 for two separate anti-doping rule violations, expressed her eagerness to get back on the tour. Halep's ban was cut after she tested positive for roxadustat at the U.S. Open and faced an additional doping offense due to irregularities in her athlete biological passport. The CAS ruling also dismissed the ABP charge and emphasized the need for sensible reform in the anti-doping system, as acknowledged by the Professional Tennis Players Association.

via Reuters|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-ban#professional-tennis-players-association
sports1 year ago

Simona Halep's Doping Ban Reduced: A Major Win for the Tennis Star

Simona Halep's four-year doping suspension was reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to compete immediately after being exonerated of intentionally taking a performance-enhancing drug. The decision came after a year-and-a-half legal battle and a fight to salvage her reputation, with CAS ruling that her anti-doping violations were not intentional but came from a contaminated supplement. The International Tennis Integrity Agency's aggressive prosecution and delay in resolving the case have raised concerns about the adjudication of doping cases in tennis, with Halep now looking to restart her career after losing significant time and earnings.

via The Athletic|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping#itia
sports1 year ago

Simona Halep Cleared to Resume Tennis Career After Doping Ban Reduction

Former World No.1 Simona Halep's four-year ban for doping has been reduced to nine months by the Court for Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to immediately resume her tennis career. The ban was reduced after Halep's appeal, which argued that she tested positive for a banned substance due to a contaminated nutritional supplement. The CAS ruled that Halep had established, on the balance of probabilities, that the substance entered her body through the supplement and that her anti-doping violations were not intentional. The WTA has expressed support for the CAS decision and welcomed Halep's return to play.

via WTA Tennis|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping#simona-halep
sports1 year ago

"Simona Halep's Doping Ban Reduced, Cleared for Immediate Tennis Return"

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep's four-year doping ban has been reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, allowing her to return to tennis soon. The decision comes after an investigation found that the anti-anaemia drug roxadustat entered her body through a contaminated supplement. While one charge was upheld, another regarding irregularities in her athlete biological passport was dismissed. Halep, who has maintained her innocence, is now free to return to the WTA Tour after the backdated ban expired, and she looks set to compete at the highest level again.

via BBC.com|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-ban#itia
sports1 year ago

Simona Halep Cleared for Immediate Tennis Return After Doping Ban Reduction

Former tennis world No. 1 Simona Halep has had her backdated four-year doping ban reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), allowing her to return to the sport. The ban was initially imposed in September 2023 after she tested positive for the banned substance Roxadustat at the 2022 US Open. The CAS Panel determined that her anti-doping rule violations were not intentional, attributing the positive test to the consumption of a contaminated supplement. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) had also charged her with irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport, but CAS dismissed that charge. Halep expressed relief at the decision, stating that she has always been a clean athlete and that the truth has prevailed.

via CNN|
#anti-doping-rule-violations#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping
sports1 year ago

Simona Halep's Doping Ban Reduced, Cleared for Immediate Return to Tennis

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been cleared for an immediate return to tennis after the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially upheld her appeal and reduced her four-year ban to just nine months, which expired last July. The court accepted that a banned blood-boosting substance entered her body through the consumption of a contaminated supplement and awarded her 20,000 Swiss francs toward her legal fees. Halep had been serving a ban since testing positive for the banned substance roxadustat at the 2022 U.S. Open and denied wrongdoing, attributing the positive test to contaminated nutritional supplements.

via ESPN|
#banned-substance#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-appeal
sports1 year ago

"IOC Upholds Suspension of Russian Olympic Committee"

The Russian Olympic Committee has lost its appeal against suspension by the International Olympic Committee, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissing the appeal. The suspension was imposed due to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of eastern Ukraine, which the IOC deemed a breach of the Olympic Charter. As a result, Russia remains barred from entering athletes for the Paris Olympics under its own flag, and the suspension doesn't stop the IOC's efforts for Russians to compete as neutral athletes without national symbols. The ROC can appeal to the Swiss supreme court but has not yet indicated if it plans to do so.

via The Associated Press|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#international-olympic-committee#paris-olympics
sports1 year ago

"IOC Upholds Suspension of Russian Olympic Committee"

The Russian Olympic Committee has lost its appeal against the suspension imposed by the International Olympic Committee, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissing the appeal. The suspension, which was imposed in October, was due to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of eastern Ukraine. The ROC can appeal to the Swiss supreme court, and the suspension has not affected Russian athletes competing as neutral athletes in international sports events.

via ABC News|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#international-olympic-committee#paris-olympics
sports1 year ago

"Simona Halep's Confident Return: Doping Ban Appeal Explained"

Former Wimbledon and French Open champion Simona Halep is confident in her return to tennis after appealing a doping suspension that could potentially end her career. The 32-year-old Romanian player has been provisionally suspended since October 2022 after testing positive for roxadustat, a banned drug, and facing another doping offense due to irregularities in her athlete biological passport. Halep has blamed contaminated supplements for her positive test and is awaiting the ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

via ESPN|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-ban#roxadustat
sports1 year ago

Skater's Doping Defense: Grandfather's Strawberry Dessert Blamed

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's attempt to blame her doping ban on her grandfather's strawberry dessert contaminated with heart medication was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which banned her from the sport for four years. The court found too many shortcomings and unanswered questions in the story, leading to the disqualification of her results and the stripping of her team's Olympic title.

via CBS News|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-scandal#figure-skating
sports1 year ago

"Kamila Valieva's Olympic Ban: The Strawberry Dessert Defense"

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's attempt to blame a positive doping test on a contaminated strawberry dessert prepared by her grandfather's heart medication was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, resulting in a four-year ban. The judges found too many shortcomings in the evidence and unanswered questions to support her account, ultimately upholding an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency and stripping the Russian team of its Olympic title.

via New York Post |
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping#figure-skating
sports1 year ago

"Russian Skater Kamila Valieva's Doping Defense: The Strawberry Dessert Controversy"

The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's four-year ban for testing positive for trimetazidine, rejecting her defense that the prohibited substance entered her body through a strawberry dessert made by her grandfather. Trimetazidine is banned for use by athletes as it is considered a metabolic modulator that can aid endurance in physical activity. As a result of the ban, the US Figure Skating team will receive a gold medal for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, with Russia's Olympic results being disqualified and re-ranked.

via CNN|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#doping-violation#russian-figure-skater
sports1 year ago

Olympic Skater's Doping Excuse: Blaming Grandpa's Strawberry Dessert

The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's explanation that a contaminated strawberry dessert caused her positive doping test, imposing a four-year ban after her positive test for a banned heart medication at the Russian championships. Valieva's lawyers argued that her grandfather's medication accidentally contaminated the dessert, but the judges found too many shortcomings in the evidence to accept the explanation. The Russian team was stripped of its Olympic title, and Valieva's results were disqualified, with the United States declared champions.

via The Associated Press|
#court-of-arbitration-for-sport#figure-skating#kamila-valieva