The champion ensures that he has not knowingly consumed of Roxadustat, a medication that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
Le Monde with AFP
She ensures that the positive test is “the biggest shock of [her] life”. Former world number one Tennis Simona Halep said on Friday October 21 that she “would fight until the end” to prove that she had not consciously taken a prohibited substance, after being suspended for doping.
A sample provided by M me Halep, 31, during the US Open at the end of August showed traces of Roxadustat, a drug that stimulates the production of red blood cells and is used in the Treatment of patients with kidney problems, said International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
The Romanian player, current n o
é> 9 world, immediately reacted on social networks: “Throughout my career, the idea of cheating never crossed my mind Only once, because it is totally contrary to all the values with which I was educated. I will fight to the end to prove that I have never knowingly taken a forbidden substance and I am sure that, early or late, the truth will burst. ”
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At the end of August, the winner of Roland-Garros in 2018 and Wimbledon in 2019 had been eliminated in the first round of the US Open by the Ukrainian Daria Sigur, however from qualifying. On September 15, after an operation of the nose, she already announced on Twitter that her season was over and that she would not replay before 2023.