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WADA Says, Will Not Appeal Against Iga Swiatek's Doping Ban
International Tennis Integrity Agency: The World Anti-Doping Agency has said that it will not appeal against the sanctions imposed on Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, who tested positive for a prohibited substance in August 2024. Last year, on November 28, Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition sample in August 2024.
But the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) had accepted that the positive test was caused by the contamination of a regulated non-prescription medication (melatonin), manufactured and sold in Poland that the player had been taking for jet lag and sleep issues and that the violation was therefore not intentional.
Now, WADA said that following a thorough review, it will not appeal against the ban given to Swiatek to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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