The national player has been provisionally suspended since last July and will only be able to return to the courts in 2025.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has ratified the sanction against Chilean player Felipe Hernández who had been provisionally suspended for the presence of nandrolone in his body during an M15 match played in Ecuador last June, as reported by El Deportivo. The national athlete was punished with three years.
“In December 2022, player admitted to both presence and use/attempted use of nandrolone and, therefore, the non-compliance with articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the TADP of 2022″, indicates the press release of the international organization.
Later, the entity explains the articles it violated and the reasons why it received the sanction it received. “TADP Section 10.2.1 specifies that a violation of TADP Section 2.1 or 2.2 that is “intentional” and constitutes a first offense results in a mandatory four-year suspension. However, TADP Article 10.8.1 provides for a one-year reduction based on admission and acceptance of a sanction and the ITIA determined that the player should be subject to a three-year period of ineligibility. . This is retroactive to the date of the player’s provisional suspension, on July 22, 2022 and will expire on July 21, 2025 (subject to the player fulfilling the test conditions to return)”, he explains.
Nandrolone is an anabolic androgenic steroid. It is found naturally in small amounts in the human body and its positive effects include muscle growth, appetite stimulation and increased red blood cell production and bone density. For example, for this same substance, Petr Korda was suspended in 1998.
“This is the worst news I have received in my career, but I hope I can come out of it even stronger. In the same way, I hope that this situation will be useful to all young tennis players who, like me, are starting out in professionalism. I am solely responsible for what enters my body and we must take the utmost care when reviewing every product we consume. “, wrote Hernández on his social networks last August, when he learned of the suspension.
The tennis player’s doping, which was ranked 1,179 when he was checked, was the third to affect a Chilean in 2022, since Previously, Bastián Malla was suspended for a month for marijuana use and Bárbara Gatica is still waiting for the resolution of the ITIA for her positive boldenone result, which she says occurred due to food contamination of meat in Colombia. Likewise, the national player was suspended for three years for match-fixing.
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