By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday November 4, 2023
Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach of Simona Halep, maintains his feeling that Halep is a sufferer and has been unfairly handed a four-year doping ban by the powers that be.
In a video that was just lately posted on Instagram (see under) Mouratoglou additionally mentioned that he feels partly accountable for the Romanian’s demise, as he was the one who really helpful and launched collagen as a complement to Halep, which finally was the contaminated substance that led to her optimistic doping take a look at.
“This collagen occurred to be contaminated, there is no such thing as a method to realize it, however I really feel accountable for what occurred as a result of it’s my crew, so me principally me, who introduced her this collagen,” Mouratoglou, who commenced formally working with Halep lower than six months previous to her testing optimistic, mentioned.
The 32-year-old Romanian, a two-time Grand Slam champion and former World No.1, was handed a four-year ban by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) for “intentional” doping offences, however she has now appealed to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), requesting that the challenged choice be put aside and that her sanction be diminished.
Mouratoglou is holding out hope that Halep’s attraction might be upheld by the impartial tribunal.
“I’m very assured that this impartial tribunal will acknowledge the truth that she by no means did doping, that she is a sufferer and he or she has to return again to the courtroom and be capable of compete as quickly as doable,” he mentioned”
Mouratoglou says the entire expertise has opened his eyes to the hazard of gamers taking contaminated substances.
“It opened my eyes on the truth that any athlete can change into contaminated tomorrow as a result of apparently this occurs an increasing number of,” Mouratoglou added.
“That is horrible since you are utterly harmless, your popularity is impacted, damage by the truth that your identify has to do with doping although you did not do any doping. Your profession is stopped for a time period that’s extraordinarily lengthy. It may well have an effect on your complete profession, it impacts your popularity for a really unfair purpose as a result of you might have completed nothing.”
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