Iga Swiateknumber 2 in the world, was disqualified for one month for doping. The announcement was made byAngry (International Tennis Integrity Agency) which confirmed that the 23-year-old Pole, who has won 5 Slams in her career (this year she triumphed for the fourth time at Roland Garros beating Jasmine Paolini in the final), accepted the suspension after being unsuccessful positive for trimetazidine, and heart drug known as TMZ. This is the same substance at the center of the case involving him 23 Chinese swimmers who were allowed to compete after they turned out positive a few months before the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
The positivity in August
Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test on August 12, when he was still No. 1 in the rankings. ITIA accepted the Polish defense thesis, which justified the positivity with contamination due to an over-the-counter drug (melatonin), produced and sold in Poland, which she was taking for jet lag and sleep problems. Being a non-prescription drug, considering the circumstances and precedents, no “significant negligence” was attributed to the tennis player, hence the proposed a one-month ban which the Polish woman accepted. The contamination “was confirmed by an independent Wada laboratory in Utah”, ITIA underlined, adding that “the scenario was also verified” by an independent expert from another laboratory accredited by Wada”.
The suspension
The Polish one, bronze at the last Olympics in Parispartially served the sanction in the period from 22 September to 4 October – hence the failure to participate in the tournaments in Seoul, Beijing and Wuhan as the provisional suspension had been triggered -. The remaining eight days will expire on December 4, 2024, the last day of the stop. She will also have to return the prize money she received at the Cincinnati Open (where she reached the semifinals) as it was the first tournament played after the positive test. “Over the last 2 and a half months I have been subjected to a rigorous ITIA process, which confirmed my innocence,” Swiatek said on Instagram. “The only positive doping test of my career, which showed an incredibly low level of a banned substance I had never heard of before, called into question everything I had worked hard for all my life. Both my team and I faced tremendous stress and anxiety. Now everything has been carefully explained and I can go back to doing what I love most.”
Sinner, Wada appeals against the acquittal for doping: a one to two year disqualification is requested. Last word to the Tas. Him: “Disappointed and surprised”
The Sinner case
This is the second case of doping involving prominent players after the one in which he was the protagonist Jannik Sinnernumber 1 in the men’s ranking, tested positive for Clostebol in March and was cleared in August, shortly before the start of the US Open, which he then played and won. However, Wada has appealed against the acquittal of the Italian player, it will be the Lausanne Bag to decide whether to confirm the acquittal or disqualify him.
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