{"id":367420,"date":"2023-09-12T15:14:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/09\/12\/simona-halep-banned-for-four-years-for-anti-doping-rule-violations-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:14:52","slug":"simona-halep-banned-for-four-years-for-anti-doping-rule-violations-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/09\/12\/simona-halep-banned-for-four-years-for-anti-doping-rule-violations-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Simona Halep banned for four years for anti-doping rule violations | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-103613098,imgsize-37506.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Twice Grand Slam champion <!-- -->Simona Halep<!-- --> has been banned until October 2026 for two separate <!-- -->anti-doping rule violations<!-- -->, the <!-- -->International Tennis Integrity Agency<!-- --> (<!-- -->ITIA<!-- -->) said on Tuesday.<br \/>The 31-year-old Romanian former <!-- -->Wimbledon<!-- --> and French Open champion has been provisionally suspended since October 2022 after testing positive for banned blood-booster roxadustat at the US Open last year.<br \/>&#8220;The first (charge) related to an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for the prohibited substance roxadustat at the U.S. Open in 2022, carried out through regular urine testing during competition,&#8221; the ITIA said in a statement.<br \/>Halep has strongly denied knowingly taking the banned substance and said she had evidence to show that small amounts of the anaemia drug entered her system from a licensed supplement that was contaminated.<br \/>&#8220;The tribunal accepted Halep&#8217;s argument that they had taken a contaminated supplement, but determined the volume the player ingested could not have resulted in the concentration of roxadustat found in the positive sample.?&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;The second charge related to irregularities in Halep&#8217;s Athlete Biological Passport (ABP),&#8221; the ITIA added.<br \/>It said the ABP charge was also upheld as three independent experts were unanimous that &#8220;likely doping&#8221; was the explanation for the irregularities in Halep&#8217;s profile.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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