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World No 2 Iga Swiatek has been banned from tennis for one month after testing optimistic for a banned substance.
Swiatek examined for trimetazidine (TMZ), which reinforces blood circulate, in an out-of-competition pattern forward of the Cincinnati Open in August.
The 23-year-old was knowledgeable of the optimistic consequence by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) on 12 September, and obtained a compulsory provisional suspension.
On Thursday the ITIA issued a one-month ban, concluding after an investigation that Swiatek bore “no vital fault or negligence” and didn’t deliberately take trimetazidine.
In her defence, Swiatek submitted hair samples together with all of her common dietary supplements to 2 impartial laboratories for testing, the place it was discovered {that a} melatonin complement to handle jetlag was the reason for the TMZ traces. An impartial Wada-accredited lab commissioned by the ITIA additional confirmed the outcomes.
In a video assertion, Swiatek stated: “I used to be shocked and this complete scenario made me very anxious. At first I couldn’t perceive how that was even attainable and the place it got here from.
“[Trimetazidine is] a substance I’ve by no means heard about earlier than. I don’t assume I even knew it existed. I’ve by no means encountered it, nor did individuals round me, so I had a powerful sense of injustice. Both the pattern was contaminated, or a complement or medicine that I used to be taking was contaminated.”
Swiatek added: “This expertise, essentially the most troublesome in my life to date, taught me rather a lot. The entire thing will certainly stick with me for the remainder of my life, it took a variety of power, returning to coaching after this example almost broke my coronary heart. So there have been many tears and lot’s of sleepless nights.”
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