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World number two disqualified for positive doping test – Tennis
November 28, 2024 (19:35)
Five-time tournament championGrand Slam» second racket of the world Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek received a one-month disqualification as part of the anti-doping program, Sports.kz reports with reference to Championat.com.
An official press release from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) states that 23-year-old Swiatek passed a positive doping test on August 12, 2024. Her out-of-competition sample tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ). The investigation established that the source of the substance was a contaminated medicine – melatonin, which the athlete took because of sleep problems. In this regard, WADA assessed that there was no “substantial fault or negligence in this episode…