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The Independent UK
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Sport
Eleanor Crooks

Iga Swiatek describes one-month doping ban as ‘worst experience of my life’

Iga Swiatek has been handed a one-month ban after testing positive for a banned substance (Joe Toth/AELTC) - (PA Wire)

Iga Swiatek has described being given a one-month ban as the “worst experience of my life” as the tennis world was stunned by another doping case involving one of its most high-profile players.

The Pole was ranked world number one when she provided a sample containing the angina medication trimetazidine in an out-of-competition test on August 12.

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