Poland's Iga Swiatek has been given a one-month suspension after failing a doping test in August.Image Credit: AFP

Iga Swiatek suspended for one month due to positive doping test

World No 2 failed out-of-competition test for taking prohibited substance

28 Nov 2024, 14:48 by AFP · Gulf News

Paris: French Open champion Iga Swiatek escaped with a one-month suspension for a positive doping test after convincing the International Tennis Integrity Agency that it had not been intentional, the ITIA announced on Thursday.

Poland’s Swiatek tested positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition sample in August 2024 but the ITIA accepted that the positive test was caused by contamination.

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