The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced that that an independent tribunal has suspended Romanian tennis professional Simona Halep for a period of four years following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP). Two-time Grand Slam title champion and former WTA world no. 1 Halep, was charged with two separate breaches of the TADP. The first related to an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for the prohibited substance “roxadustat” at the US Open in 2022, carried out through regular urine testing during competition. The second charge related to irregularities in Halep’s Athlete Biological Passport (ABP)…
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ITIA · Romania · Simona Halep · WTA
Scoop Malinowski · September 12, 2023 at 3:15 pm
Some interesting comments by other players:
Nicole Gibbs: Such a disappointment when you discover like half of your heroes from your sports days were cheating. Just so so frustrating and makes sports so dumb – not a fair fight and makes you wonder how many are skating by unnoticed (I think probably a lot).
Serena Williams (who won 7 Wimbedons): 8 is better number.
Genie Boucard: I was told not to tweet today.
Tennys Sandgren: How many are skating by supremely noticed but lying to our face.
Scoop Malinowski · September 12, 2023 at 3:41 pm
When we learned about the dark secrets of the TUE which allows Serena and Venus to take prohibited drugs or substances. https://nypost.com/2016/09/13/russian-hackers-target-williams-sisters-in-olympic-drug-use-leak/
Sam · September 12, 2023 at 6:49 pm
Serena Williams (who won 7 Wimbedons): 8 is better number.
Wow, that’s like Hillary Clinton, the world’s most corrupt politician, wailing about “Russian collusion” in the 2016 election!! 😹
Scoop Malinowski · September 12, 2023 at 9:55 pm
Didn’t Serena defy a drug test at her home by hiding in a safe room or something? What drugs did Serena take via her therapeutic use exemption?
Douglas Day · September 13, 2023 at 9:11 am
Bombshell report! We must follow up.
Scoop Malinowski · September 13, 2023 at 9:23 am
It looks very bad for Halep, Doug. Find it hard to believe ITIA would do this to her if she was innocent. Agassi admitted in his book he was caught cheating and the powers that be covered it up because he was such a big star with major sponsors. Halep, Maria didn’t get the same privileges. Don’t count on Billie Jean King to stand up for Halep and demand equality.
Sam · September 14, 2023 at 8:12 am
Didn’t Serena defy a drug test at her home by hiding in a safe room or something? What drugs did Serena take via her therapeutic use exemption?
Something like that. Not sure what drugs he took, but all that pales in comparison to being a closet biological male in a female sport! 🤮
Scoop Malinowski · September 14, 2023 at 12:29 pm
Sam there is a long list of the banned drugs the unknown gendered player ) took, all kinds of weirdly named drugs and retroactive TUEs, the whole thing smells rotten and like a loophole created designed specifically to help cheaters. No doubt Williams was the moneymaker and ticketseller and the motive was there to help Williams last as long as humanly possible for optimal revenues for the establishment.
Sam · September 18, 2023 at 5:18 am
No doubt Williams was the moneymaker and ticketseller and the motive was there to help Williams last as long as humanly possible for optimal revenues for the establishment.
Indeed, Scoop. And here’s a message for Serena:
ZERO is a better number—for you!! 🤮