{"id":103910,"date":"2022-10-21T16:12:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/simona-halep-former-world-no-1-suspended-after-testing-positive-for-banned-substance\/"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:12:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T16:12:18","slug":"simona-halep-former-world-no-1-suspended-after-testing-positive-for-banned-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/simona-halep-former-world-no-1-suspended-after-testing-positive-for-banned-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"Simona Halep: Former world No. 1 suspended after testing positive for banned substance"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \n Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for a prohibited substance at this year’s US Open.\n <\/p>\n \n According to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), Aleppo tested positive for Roxadustat, which is a banned substance listed in the 2022 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.\n <\/p>\n \n The two-time grand slam champion has denied knowingly taking the banned substance.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cToday begins the hardest match of my life: a fight for the truth,\u201d the 31-year-old said in a statement on social media<\/a> Friday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI have been notified that I have tested positive for a substance called Roxadustat in an extremely low quantity, which came as the biggest shock of my life.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThroughout my whole career, the idea of \u200b\u200bcheating never even crossed my mind once, as it is totally against all the values \u200b\u200bI have been educated with. Facing such an unfair situation, I feel completely confused and betrayed.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI will fight until the end to prove that I have never knowingly took any substance and I have faith that sooner or later, the truth will come out.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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