Iga Swiatek’s drug-case ruling will not be appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency
- Iga Swiatek expressed satisfaction after the World Anti-Doping Agency announced it would not appeal her case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- WADA stated there were no scientific grounds to challenge Swiatek's explanation for her positive test for trimetazidine, which was deemed plausible.
- Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension for testing positive for trimetazidine, attributed to contaminated melatonin, and returned to competition in October.
- Jannik Sinner is still under scrutiny after testing positive for clostebol, with a hearing scheduled for April at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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"Will Not Appeal Against Iga Swiatek's Ban": World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency has said that it will not appeal against the sanctions imposed on Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, who tested positive for a prohibited substance in August 2024. Last year, on November 28, Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition sample in August 2024. But the International Tennis I…
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