FILE - Iga Swiatek of Poland looks connected during her lucifer against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania during a women's singles tennis competition, astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, successful Paris, France. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said connected Thursday that satellite fig 2 Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension aft investigating affirmative for banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ).
The Polish subordinate had tested affirmative successful an out-of-competition illustration backmost successful August but the bureau noted that it was caused by contamination of her medicine melatonin which she has been taking for slumber issues and pitchy lag.
Due to determination being nary important responsibility oregon negligence connected portion of the player, the ITIA offered her a one-month suspension which she accepted.
Statement from the WTA:
The WTA acknowledges the determination by the International Tennis Integrity Association (ITIA) – which administers the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (TADP) – successful issuing a one-month suspension to Iga Swiatek, pursuing the recognition of a contaminated…
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“The subordinate was provisionally suspended from Sept. 22 until Oct. 4, missing 3 tournaments, which counts towards the sanction, leaving 8 days remaining. In addition, the subordinate besides forfeits prize wealth from the Cincinnati Open, the tourney straight pursuing the test,” a connection from the bureau read.
“The WTA afloat supports Iga during this hard time. Iga has consistently demonstrated a beardown committedness to just play and upholding the principles of cleanable sport, and this unfortunate incidental highlights the challenges athletes look successful navigating the usage of medications and supplements,” the Women’s Tennis Association posted connected X.
Reacting to the developments, the French Open champion said connected Instagram that some she and her squad had to woody with ‘stress and anxiety’ aft the tests came retired positive.
“In the past 2.5 months I was taxable to strict ITIA proceedings, which confirmed my innocence. The lone affirmative doping trial successful my career, showing unbelievably debased level of a banned substance I’ve ne'er heard astir before, enactment everything I’ve worked truthful hard for my full beingness into question. Both maine and my squad had to woody with tremendous accent and anxiety. Now everything has been cautiously explained, and with a cleanable slate I tin spell backmost to what I emotion most.”” Swiatek said successful a video.
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