On Thursday, it was introduced that the present world No. 2 examined optimistic for trimetazidine (TMZ) and that it occured simply earlier than her Cincinnati semifinal run in August. After being notified about it in September, the five-time Grand Slam champion was handed a provisional ban and that is why she missed your entire Asian swing.
Nevertheless, Swiatek efficiently appealed and was given the inexperienced mild to return to motion earlier this month on the WTA Finals. Now, she has accepted a one-month ban and can be capable of play on the Australian Open.
On the opposite aspect, Halep ended up sidelined for 18 months after testing optimistic for Roxadustat, though it was later confirmed that she was a sufferer of a contaminated product and that there was no intention to dope. After taking her case to the CAS, the two-time Grand Slam winner had her four-year doping ban lowered to 9 months and she or he was allowed to return to motion.
“I stand and ask myself, why is there such a big difference in treatment and judgement? I can’t find and I don’t think there can be a logical answer. It can only be bad will from ITIA, the organization that has done absolutely everything to destroy me despite the evidence,” the Romanian tennis star wrote on Instagram.
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Halep: I battled nervousness, sleepless nights… However I gained
For a yr and a half, the 33-year-old was pleading her innocence and insisting that there was no motive for her to be banned since she believed she had all of the proof wanted to verify that she did not knowingly or deliberately take a banned substance. However clearing her identify was a protracted course of.
Even now, Halep stays deeply damage over every thing that she went by means of however feels proud that she in the end gained her case.
“I believed in goodness. It was painful, is painful and maybe the injustice that was done to me will always be painful. How is it possible that in identical cases happening around the same time ITIA to have completely different approaches to my detriment. How could I accept that the WTA and the players council did not want to return me the ranking that I deserved?! the former world No. 1 continued.
“I misplaced two years of my profession, I misplaced many nights after I couldn’t sleep, ideas, nervousness, questions with out solutions… however I gained justice. It turned out that it was a contamination and that the organic passport was a pure invention. And I gained one thing else, my soul remained clear!! I really feel disenchanted, I really feel mad, I really feel annoyed, however I don’t really feel evil even now.
“I am grateful for the support and unconditional love of those who have been by my side every day. THANK YOU! In all the naughtiness, I also received love because those who offered me love in those moments really knew me! Perhaps this is the biggest victory!”
The ITIA responds to Halep’s criticism of the Swiatek case
After the Romanian made it clear that she felt the ITIA issued an announcement to the BBC, wherein they acknowledged that “no two cases are the same.”
In Swiatek’s case, the failed doping take a look at did not come due to a complement however due to a sleep medicine that occurred to have a banned substance. Additionally, the ITIA accepted that the 23-year-old did not intend to take a banned substance and that she was on the lowest vary of the no fault or negligence class.
So due to this fact, the ITIA thought that they dealt with the case as wanted.
“No two cases are the same, they often involve different circumstances, and direct comparisons are not always helpful. The product contaminated in Ms Swiatek’s case was a regulated medication, not a supplement. We deal with each case based on the facts and evidence, not a player’s name, ranking or nationality. When a prohibited substance is found in a player’s system, we investigate it thoroughly. We urge players to exercise extreme caution when taking supplements and we are always happy to answer any questions they have,” the ITIA stated in an announcement to the BBC.
In the meantime, Swiatek stated in her assertion that she was “shocked” and that she “fought the toughest battle of my life.”
