By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Monday, January 20, 2025
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Iga Swiatek won’t face any further punishment after testing positive for the banned substance TMZ.
WADA announced today it will not file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Swiatek’s case.
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Five-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek served a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition sample in August.
WADA said it has “conducted a full review” of the case and is not appealing the decision because it accepts Swiatek’s claim of contamination through melatonin
“On 28 November, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), the independent body that delivers anti-doping programs on behalf of the International Tennis Federation, announced that Ms. Świątek had accepted a one-month period of ineligibility…
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