(Reuters) – Britain’s primary ranked doubles participant Tara Moore has been provisionally suspended because of the presence of a prohibited substance in her pattern, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) mentioned on Wednesday.
Moore, ranked 83rd on the earth, offered her pattern whereas competing in a WTA 250 occasion in Bogota, Colombia — the place she misplaced within the remaining — and the AITA mentioned her ‘A’ pattern contained Nandrolone metabolites and Boldenone.
Both substances are on the 2022 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List. Her provisional suspension, backdated from May 27, will make her ineligible to compete in and even attend sanctioned occasions.
“I’ve by no means knowingly taken a banned substance in my profession. I’m investigating how the constructive end result might have occurred and sit up for proving that I’m a clear athlete,” Moore wrote on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraMoore92/standing/1534562690022227969.
“I’m deeply saddened by the provisional suspension and hope to be again on the court docket as quickly as attainable.”
Moore, who took half within the French Open final month, has the chance to ask for her ‘B’ pattern to be analysed.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, modifying by Ed Osmond)
