Professor reveals behind-the-scenes story of Swiatek's positive test
Iga Swiatek has been suspended from the WTA Tour for a month after testing positive for trimetazidine. The announcement came as a surprise to the tennis world and, of course, provoked numerous reactions.
Professor Jean-Claude Alvarez, who found the source of the contamination, spoke to Le Parisien about what had really happened to the player in recent weeks: "She contacted us and we found the source, which was validated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
They validated that it was indeed a contamination.
She had 50 picograms in her urine. These concentrations are so low as to be meaningless. She had no effect from the product, it's clear, it's too low.
She took melatonin twice before her test and that was enough to make her positive. She's only taking a one-month suspension because it's an authorized drug."
Professor Alvarez also criticized the decision to suspend Swiatek from the WTA Tour: "This rule makes me laugh. It should be abolished because it's not possible to be responsible for this.
In South America, cattle are bred on anabolics, so we're going to have cases. WADA needs to change its rules."
