Disclosure from Simona Halep’s doping trial: “We thought about sabotage”

Simona Halep returned to competitions as a result of the decision announced by TAS, reducing the 4-year suspension dictated by ITIA to 9 months.

Eliminated in the first round in Miami, Simona Halep announced her presence at the tournaments in Oeiras (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain), but changed her mind and withdrew before the start of these competitions, due to medical problems with her knees.

One of the player’s lawyers, Bogdan Stoica, revealed details of the case of Simona Halep’s trial, in the “I want to know” podcast.

“We read and tried to fit Simona’s case into the casuistry that other sports and tennis had faced. At the beginning I had absolutely all scenarios on the table. When I say all scenarios I mean not only contamination but also sabotage.

Because we even thought about this, about sabotage. After doing the first hair tests in Paris, it became 100% certain that it was contamination”, said Bogdan Stoica, according to Digisport.ro.

“It took a long time before we managed to discover the source. It was the most important thing in the whole economy of our file. In the absence of discovery of the source, you can only talk about a four-year penalty.

The regulation provides by default (no – ex officio) four years. The file will create a precedent, which no other court will be able to ignore,” Stoica said.

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