Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep – who won Wimbledon in 2019 – is charged with a second doping offence over ‘irregularities in her athlete biological passport’
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been charged with a second doping offence.
The charge relates to ‘irregularities in her athlete biological passport’.
Halep has been provisionally suspended since October last year having tested positive for banned substance roxadustat at the US Open.
Roxadustat stimulates production of hemoglobin and red blood cells.
The two charges which Halep is faced with are separate from each other.
Nicole Sapstead, Senior Director for Anti-Doping at the ITIA, said: ‘We understand that today’s announcement adds complexity to an already high-profile situation. From the outset of this process – and indeed any other at the ITIA – we have remained committed to engaging with Ms. Halep in an empathetic, efficient, and timely manner.
‘We do, of course, appreciate there is a great deal of media interest in these cases. It would be inappropriate for us to comment on specifics until the conclusion of the process, but we will continue to engage with the Sport Resolutions independent tribunal and Ms. Halep’s representatives as expeditiously as possible.’
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