Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep’s four-year ban for doping has been diminished to 9 months by the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport.
The choice means Romanian former world primary Halep, 32, can return to tennis instantly.
She feared her profession could be over if the unique resolution was upheld.
Whereas her case was partially upheld, Cas dominated Halep “on the stability of chances” had not taken Roxadustat deliberately.
“Having fastidiously thought of all of the proof put earlier than it, the Cas Panel decided that Ms Halep had established, on the stability of chances, that the Roxadustat entered her physique by means of the consumption of a contaminated complement which she had used within the days shortly earlier than 29 August 2022,” it stated.
“The Roxadustat, as detected in her pattern, got here from that contaminated product.
“Consequently, the CAS Panel decided that Ms Halep had additionally established, on the stability of chances, that her anti-doping rule violations weren’t intentional.
“Though the CAS Panel discovered that Ms Halep did bear some degree of fault or negligence for her violations, as she didn’t train adequate care when utilizing the Keto MCT complement, it concluded that she bore no vital fault or negligence.”
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