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Simona Halep Wins Appeal: Reduced Ban Sparks Court Return

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Simona Halep has been cleared to return to play after her four-year doping ban was reduced to nine months following a successful appeal. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favor of Halep after the tennis star appealed the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s (ITIA) ban. The 32-year-old tested positive for the substance Roxadustat at the 2022 US Open, which she blamed on contaminated nutritional supplements. CAS found that Halep didn’t intentionally violate the anti-doping regulations and ruled that she “bore no significant fault or negligence”. The court stated that Roxadustat, “on the balance of probabilities," “entered her body through the consumption of a contaminated supplement”. Halep’s original four-year ban commenced in October 2022, meaning the revised nine-month ban has expired, clearing the way for her return. CAS also overturned a separate charge issued by the ITIA, with the latter saying that they had found irregularities in Halep’s biological passport.

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