When doping turns out to be a bad taste story, sports world and the only positives cited – luckily less and less – covid infectiontennis star Romanian Simona Halep has been suspended temporarily for taking a drug called Halep. roxadustat, strange pronunciation, but this is a advances in medicine To prevent people with kidney problems who need to be injected to stimulate EPO and fight anemia, from solving it with a simple pill, thereby improving their quality of life.

In fact, sports or at least scammersthey already knew about this drug when it was still in the testing phase, and in 2015 two cyclists far from fame and glory were caught in the ‘new EPO’, which does not need a syringe and does not need to be refrigerated, but it was immediately found that it is much easier to identify in doping control than with traditional erythropoietin.

Four-year prison sentence at stake

Halep There is a risk of four years of suspension after the World Anti-Doping Agency doubled down on the most serious violations of the code of ethics. As if that weren’t enough, Romanian tennis player 31 years oldninth in the world and old tennis number oneit has a very complex defense, because this drug is considered a “non-specific” substance, that is, it reaches the body through direct consumption, not accidentally.

Therefore, the career of a tennis player who lived in Turkey Wimbledon 2019 She had the most important moment of her career when she won the championship by beating Serena Williams in the final with a great performance. Curiously, Patrick MoratoglouAmerican coach too Halep.

The victory in London came after winning in a race added by Roland Garros the previous year. 24 titlesfirst of all, thanks to the solidity of his game and his ability to stand out on the field since he started the WTA circuit in 2010. It was also number one on the circuit from October 2017 to February 2019. ceded the glorious position to the Japanese Naomi Osaka After winning the Australian Open.

implied withdrawal

Romanian player played his last game. US Open when he surprisingly lost to Ukraine in the first round this year daria snigur (124th world). And it comes exactly from New York doping control who can now put an end to his sports career. And mixed it up in 2021 possibility of withdrawal after a four-month hiatus. “I doubted myself if my body could sustain itself at its peak. Yes, I was probably very close to quitting tennis. “I had no energy or confidence that I could be on the track at the highest level.”

Now obviously defend one’s innocenceThis is nothing new for an athlete who tested positive and linked her name to that of Maria Sharapova, the last known case of doping in women’s tennis. Russian tennis player punished in 2016 15 months To use meldonium, distributed mainly in Russia, to combat various heart problems, and later shown to also improve sports performance.

Valeva’s case

interesting, positive Halep conflicted with communication. RUSSIANFigure skater Kamila Valieva, who came to light during the Beijing Winter Games in February, and the Russian anti-doping agency, which reportedly kept the resolution of the case, which turned out to be a “protected athlete” due to her doping underage, secret. Valieva, who has been 16 since April, presented traces of a drug named after her in a pre-Olympic event sample. trimetazidineused to treat angina pectoris and which he claims to have taken by mistake. It was his grandfather’s medicine.