“After the hearing, I had no doubts because there was a lot of lack of basis and injustice in the accusations. When I heard the decision, I was shocked. It was hard for me to believe that I had been disqualified for four years, despite the fact that we had established that the substance had entered my body by accident and my tests were absolutely clear. There was nothing harmful in my blood. ridiculous that they made such a decision.
It was catastrophic from a psychological point of view, because I didn’t expect anything like this. I always carefully monitored what I took and never indulged in anything without checking. So it was a real shock for me. I’m lucky that we managed to figure out how roxadustat got into my body, because it’s difficult when you’re in complete uncertainty.
It made no sense to me to use this substance. This would not be useful, but only harmful. It would be difficult to concentrate on tennis. The main thing is my health,” Halep said as quoted by Front Office Sports.
Source: Sport

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