Simona Halep charged with further anti-doping breach

Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has been charged with a further anti-doping breach, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said in a statement. The additional charge is in relation to irregularities in her athlete biological passport.

Ad “The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirms that Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has been charged with a further and separate breach of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP), relating to irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport (ABP),” read a statement on the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) website. Roland-Garros‘One match can change everything’ — Resurgent Ruud eyes Roland-Garros redemption30 MINUTES AGO “Ms Halep has been provisionally suspended since October 2022, as a result of testing positive for prohibited substance Roxadustat at the US Open in August of last year. “The ABP programme, developed by the World Anti-Doping Agency and incorporated into the TADP under the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC), is a method by which anti-doping organisations monitor various blood parameters over time, to identify potential Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs).

“The additional charge of an Adverse Passport Finding was based on an assessment of Ms. Halep's ABP profile by an independent ABP Expert Panel. That charge is separate and in addition to the existing Roxadustat charge from August 2022 which triggered Ms.