{"id":297003,"date":"2023-10-24T13:09:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297003"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:09:30","slug":"wimbledon-champ-was-left-in-tears-after-getting-four-year-ban-as-appeal-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/wimbledon-champ-was-left-in-tears-after-getting-four-year-ban-as-appeal-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon champ was left ‘in tears’ after getting four-year ban as appeal begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Simona Halep has reportedly started the appeal process after being slapped with a four-year ban from tennis last month. An independent tribunal found that the two-time Grand Slam champion committed \u201cintentional\u201d Anti-Doping Rule Violations after she was charged with two separate breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP).\u202fHalep was said to be in tears when she learned of her lengthy suspension from the sport as she continues to deny ever having doped.<\/p>\n

Halep tested positive for the banned substance roxadustat in August 2022 and was subsequently provisionally suspended in October of last year. The 2019 Wimbledon winner was later charged with irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) and last month, it was announced that Halep had been suspended for four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An independent tribunal found that the former world No 1 had committed \u201cintentional Anti-Doping Rule Violations\u201d in relation to the two charges. According to The Athletic, Halep was left in tears when the tribunal\u2019s decision was announced.<\/p>\n

The Romanian drove home to Bucharest \u201cto be with her family on the September day the decision came out\u201d. It was also said to be \u201can emotional day, filled with tears and an inability to understand how she could have been found guilty of blood doping even though illegal substances were never found in her blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a statement released on the day the decision was announced, Halep shared her intentions to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The 2019 Wimbledon champion has now filed her notice appeal. The International Tennis Integrity Agency – which brought the two charges – now has around a month to respond and the court will then set a hearing date, per The Athletic.<\/p>\n

If Halep is successful, CAS has the power to reduce her ban. It is currently backdated to when she was first provisionally suspended last year and is set to be lifted on October 6, 2026. The 32-year-old has continued to maintain her innocence on both charges.<\/p>\n

In Halep\u2019s statement from last month, she claimed that the positive test for roxadustat was the result of contamination from a collagen supplement she had taken. Halep also said her representatives had raised \u201cmultiple legitimate questions regarding the conclusions reached around my Athlete Biological Passport testing.\u201d<\/p>\n