Tara Moore absolutely railroaded by ITIA

She probably will sue. Would be an easy case to win for Breach of Contract using the Sinner case as case law. Im a fan of Sinner, so this isnt a dig at him at all, but clearly the precedent has been set now for any non performance enhancing offence to have a ban set at 3 months. Any longer than that and there is a claim for loss of earnings.
 
Tennis/WADA have now so de-legitimised themselves that whatever they do is tainted.

I would say, however, that the decisions of CAS are reliable.

That's why WADA leaves option the option to keep cases from CAS, just not Tara Moore's.
 
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I'm typing this out just to try and understand what happened.

May 2022: Moore fails a test and is suspended

Dec 2023: Independent tribunal declares "no fault or negligence"

At some point here the ITIA files an appeal, I guess?

Apr 2024: Moore returns to tour

Mar 2025: ITIA appeal upheld by Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas)

Jan 2028: Date that Moore will be allowed back

So the ITIA was pissed that this "Independent tribunal" (no details on who they are) ruled out any wrongdoing and appealed their decision through another court? Why isn't that independent tribunal considered binding if both parties agreed to it? So the ITIA is playing the role that WADA did in the Sinner case, where a ruling clears the player but then this agency that wasn't involved in the tribunal doesn't like the results and appeals to a different court instead?

There's so many damn governing bodies and power structures in this stupid sport that I can barely understand what's going on or who has what authority.
 
The process is clear enough. Both parties to a process have a right to a de novo appeal to CAS. And WADA reserves a right to "do a deal" if a party.

These are all, however, private arbitration processes and therefore there are a lot of "non-legal" inputs into decisions.
 
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MeatTornado said:
I'm typing this out just to try and understand what happened.

May 2022: Moore fails a test and is suspended

Dec 2023: Independent tribunal declares "no fault or negligence"

At some point here the ITIA files an appeal, I guess?
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The second sentence of the article linked in the OP explains it: "An appeal by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas)."

The ITIA stated, "In this case, our independent scientific advice was that the player did not adequately explain the high level of nandrolone present in their sample. Today's ruling is consistent with this position."

Note that there was no such dispute over scientific evidence in Sinner's case, which is a material distinction. The ITIA did not disagree with the science as to Sinner's accidental exposure to a banned substance. WADA did not dispute the scientific evidence either. WADA merely believed that Sinner was at some fault for his team's negligence in causing the accidental exposure. WADA's position on that point eventually yielded the three-month negotiated suspension.

In short, Moore is being treated by the system as an intentional PED user. Sinner was treated as a somewhat negligent personnel manager. That's why the punishments are so different.
 
jm1972 said:
You're not shocked by the obscene difference of treatment between Moore and Sinner/Swiatek?

This case just underlines how much of a special treatment Sinner and Swiatek got.
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I know. I mean, the tour actually provided the dog that ate Juice's homework and the cat that vomited on Melatonin's project. Moreover, they kept receiving tour-sponsored massages and sleep aids throughout the entire process.

I thought we had entered the Open Era in which the tour accepted both clostebol users and non-clostebol users. But apparently not. I guess us people should let it go and move on, given that it's been two days since the Clostebol Double was completed.
 
As always, the quality and professionalism of your legal team supersede any actual evidence of whatever “crime” in the eyes of the law. Poor Moore. She forgot the #1 rule of this entire scheme: the game was rigged from the start. Should’ve made millions of dollars first.
 
The real question here is: "Why did the ITIA not find and lead evidence that her nandrolone level was not accidental to the tribunal of first instance?"

The whole problem would have been resolved in December 2023 if this were done then, whereas we are now in July of 2025.

It's tempting to speculate that the ITIA trained their big scientific guns at an under-resourced Moore.

big ted said:
What’s in meat that would make one fail a drug test unless it was intentional?
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Come to think, because of Sinners case all other lower ranked players cases are being noticed.

WTA had their stars failing viz. Sharapova, Halep but they got suspended.

Before Sinner, the big name of ATP to fail was Agassi and we all know what ATP did then.

Then there was Puerta. Thank god he didnt win the french. But davy was robbed of a chance
 
messiahrobins said:
She probably will sue. Would be an easy case to win for Breach of Contract using the Sinner case as case law. Im a fan of Sinner, so this isnt a dig at him at all, but clearly the precedent has been set now for any non performance enhancing offence to have a ban set at 3 months. Any longer than that and there is a claim for loss of earnings.
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Flip side, I'm sure just like fact-driven legal cases, the alternative argument that the other party will argue is that "her case is different." To be clear, I'm not saying I agree with the decision against her or that there isn't an actual objectionable disparity in outcomes. But, "Sinner was banned three months, I was banned 4 years" isn't necessarily a winning argument unless everything is pretty much exactly the same.
 
If the ITIA decides to go off and buy the best scientific advice available then they are going to win. In Moore's case that's what they did, but in the previous case they did not.

bluetrain4 said:
Flip side, I'm sure just like fact-driven legal cases, the alternative argument that the other party will argue is that "her case is different." To be clear, I'm not saying I agree with the decision against her or that there isn't an actual objectionable disparity in outcomes. But, "Sinner was banned three months, I was banned 4 years" isn't necessarily a winning argument unless everything is pretty much exactly the same.
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Why are you blaming ITIA here? It is CAS that ruled that way. Historically CAS has been rather lenient as far as punishing the player so the fact that they ruled 4 years ban would indicate that the facts of the case strongly indicated intentional doping.
 
I've already said that I trust CAS decisions, but why didn't the ITIA get its scientific evidence ready for the initial hearing that exonerated Moore?

I blame them for putting Moore through an extra 18 months of torture and expense for something that should have been dealt with expeditiously.

jmnk said:
Why are you blaming ITIA here? It is CAS that ruled that way. Historically CAS has been rather lenient as far as punishing the player so the fact that they ruled 4 years ban would indicate that the facts of the case strongly indicated intentional doping.
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She should have made up a story about one of her treating themselves with a band substance, which was inadvertently transferred to her during treatment.
 
It is an interesting fact that all huMUGs are constantly contaminated with clostebol at all times. I am surprised that anyone ever passes a drug test and confident that no TTW poster would ever do so. We have truly entered the Clostebol Era.
 
You guys are incredible, well beyond the power of logic and and realm of intelligence. The report says: the amount of drug found is not consistent with the explanation given. In other words the fact of eating meat on a dinner cannot produce the amount of Boldenone that was found in the athlete's body. Doesn't look difficult to me.
 
bluetrain4 said:
Flip side, I'm sure just like fact-driven legal cases, the alternative argument that the other party will argue is that "her case is different." To be clear, I'm not saying I agree with the decision against her or that there isn't an actual objectionable disparity in outcomes. But, "Sinner was banned three months, I was banned 4 years" isn't necessarily a winning argument unless everything is pretty much exactly the same.
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Everything is the same isn't it? Apart from how the substance was administered?
 
Windsor2 said:
You guys are incredible, well beyond the power of logic and and realm of intelligence. The report says: the amount of drug found is not consistent with the explanation given. In other words the fact of eating meat on a dinner cannot produce the amount of Boldenone that was found in the athlete's body. Doesn't look difficult to me.
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What about the fact that 2 other athletes tested positive for the same substance at same tournament? They had a Boldenone party? The 3 of them were making out?
 
jm1972 said:
WOW... didn't even know this. It's clear it was contamination and yet she gets 4 years.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1945413283747418148
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jm1972 said:
What about the fact that 2 other athletes tested positive for the same substance at same tournament? They had a Boldenone party? The 3 of them were making out?
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Another case of spreading misinformation via reading headlines. It is _not_ clear it was contamination, and the other players _did not_ test for the same substance.

Tara was apparently _the only one_ among those players that tested positive for Nandrolone. _In addition_ to testing positive for Boldenone.

Also, the full CAS report has not been published yet, so far only "summary for media use' has been issued. Let's wait and see what the facts were.
 
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I can summarize the cases for you. For a small nominal fee. Shouldn't be too much since you yourself are admitting it is quite a lot of work.
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compare sinner, swiatek, tara moore doping cases in tennis and summarize them

Copilot said:​

Here's a comparison and summary of the doping cases involving Jannik Sinner, Iga Świątek, and Tara Moore:

Jannik Sinner​

  • Substance: Clostebol (an anabolic steroid)
  • Incident: Tested positive twice in March 2024—once during the Indian Wells tournament and once out-of-competition
  • Cause: Claimed inadvertent contamination from a healing spray (Trofodermin) used by his physiotherapist, who had applied it to his own wound and then massaged Sinner without gloves
  • Outcome: Initially found to bear no fault or negligence by the ITIA. However, WADA appealed, and a settlement led to a three-month suspension from February to May 2025
  • Controversy: Some players and fans questioned the leniency and transparency of the process.

Iga Świątek​

  • Substance: Trimetazidine (TMZ), a heart medication that can enhance endurance
  • Incident: Tested positive in August 2024 during an out-of-competition test
  • Cause: Traced to contaminated melatonin supplements used for sleep and jet lag, provided by her physiotherapist
  • Outcome: The ITIA accepted her explanation and imposed a one-month suspension, citing “no significant fault or negligence”
  • Public Reaction: Less controversial than Sinner’s case, but still drew attention due to her high profile.

Tara Moore​

  • Substances: Nandrolone and Boldenone (both anabolic steroids)
  • Incident: Tested positive in May 2022 during a tournament in Bogotá, Colombia
  • Cause: Claimed it was due to contaminated meat, a known issue in some countries. Initially accepted by an independent tribunal
  • Outcome: After 19 months of provisional suspension and being cleared, the ITIA appealed. In July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reversed the decision and imposed a four-year ban, ruling she failed to prove the contamination claim
  • Impact: Moore expressed deep frustration, citing emotional distress and career damage.
 
jm1972 said:
The biggest difference between Moore and Sinner/Swiatek is:

With Moore ITIA did everything to make sure she was going to get the MAXIMUM sentence.

With Sinner/Swiatek, ITIA did everything to make sure they would get the minimum sentence.
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Your comments seem to nicely explain my post above.

You seem to have a keen analytic mind. Perhaps you studied science or engineering?
 
sureshs said:
compare sinner, swiatek, tara moore doping cases in tennis and summarize them

Copilot said:​

Here's a comparison and summary of the doping cases involving Jannik Sinner, Iga Świątek, and Tara Moore:

Jannik Sinner​

  • Substance: Clostebol (an anabolic steroid)
  • Incident: Tested positive twice in March 2024—once during the Indian Wells tournament and once out-of-competition
  • Cause: Claimed inadvertent contamination from a healing spray (Trofodermin) used by his physiotherapist, who had applied it to his own wound and then massaged Sinner without gloves
  • Outcome: Initially found to bear no fault or negligence by the ITIA. However, WADA appealed, and a settlement led to a three-month suspension from February to May 2025
  • Controversy: Some players and fans questioned the leniency and transparency of the process.

Iga Świątek​

  • Substance: Trimetazidine (TMZ), a heart medication that can enhance endurance
  • Incident: Tested positive in August 2024 during an out-of-competition test
  • Cause: Traced to contaminated melatonin supplements used for sleep and jet lag, provided by her physiotherapist
  • Outcome: The ITIA accepted her explanation and imposed a one-month suspension, citing “no significant fault or negligence”
  • Public Reaction: Less controversial than Sinner’s case, but still drew attention due to her high profile.

Tara Moore​

  • Substances: Nandrolone and Boldenone (both anabolic steroids)
  • Incident: Tested positive in May 2022 during a tournament in Bogotá, Colombia
  • Cause: Claimed it was due to contaminated meat, a known issue in some countries. Initially accepted by an independent tribunal
  • Outcome: After 19 months of provisional suspension and being cleared, the ITIA appealed. In July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reversed the decision and imposed a four-year ban, ruling she failed to prove the contamination claim
  • Impact: Moore expressed deep frustration, citing emotional distress and career damage.
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We are doomed as a society. People will be using summary made by Copilot/whatever and take those as facts. With no attention to the details, the very details that make all the difference.
 
jmnk said:
We are doomed as a society. People will be using summary made by Copilot/whatever and take those as facts. With no attention to the details, the very details that make all the difference.
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Before AI, people were not even reading summaries but repeating what their friends told them. So this is a big leap forward.
 
Both Nandrolone and Boldenone contamination from a single piece of meat would be just a little suspicious. Four years is a little harsh but sometimes you have to assume the supposed experts in that field know what they are doing more than unqualified opinions from internet keyboard warriors.
 
heavyD said:
Both Nandrolone and Boldenone contamination from a single piece of meat would be just a little suspicious. Four years is a little harsh but sometimes you have to assume the supposed experts in that field know what they are doing more than unqualified opinions from internet keyboard warriors.
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Zanellato cleared of doping charge stemming from contaminated meat​


 
Didn't the massage cream have DOPING on the label in giant letter? As in, it's not even contaminated - it's literally listed on the ingredient?

Anyway, I love how we trust antidoping agencies when Agassi flatout admits he had positive tests swept under the rug at seperate instances
 
sureshs said:
compare sinner, swiatek, tara moore doping cases in tennis and summarize them

Copilot said:​

Here's a comparison and summary of the doping cases involving Jannik Sinner, Iga Świątek, and Tara Moore:

Jannik Sinner​

  • Substance: Clostebol (an anabolic steroid)
  • Incident: Tested positive twice in March 2024—once during the Indian Wells tournament and once out-of-competition
  • Cause: Claimed inadvertent contamination from a healing spray (Trofodermin) used by his physiotherapist, who had applied it to his own wound and then massaged Sinner without gloves
  • Outcome: Initially found to bear no fault or negligence by the ITIA. However, WADA appealed, and a settlement led to a three-month suspension from February to May 2025
  • Controversy: Some players and fans questioned the leniency and transparency of the process.

Iga Świątek​

  • Substance: Trimetazidine (TMZ), a heart medication that can enhance endurance
  • Incident: Tested positive in August 2024 during an out-of-competition test
  • Cause: Traced to contaminated melatonin supplements used for sleep and jet lag, provided by her physiotherapist
  • Outcome: The ITIA accepted her explanation and imposed a one-month suspension, citing “no significant fault or negligence”
  • Public Reaction: Less controversial than Sinner’s case, but still drew attention due to her high profile.

Tara Moore​

  • Substances: Nandrolone and Boldenone (both anabolic steroids)
  • Incident: Tested positive in May 2022 during a tournament in Bogotá, Colombia
  • Cause: Claimed it was due to contaminated meat, a known issue in some countries. Initially accepted by an independent tribunal
  • Outcome: After 19 months of provisional suspension and being cleared, the ITIA appealed. In July 2025, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reversed the decision and imposed a four-year ban, ruling she failed to prove the contamination claim
  • Impact: Moore expressed deep frustration, citing emotional distress and career damage.
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Nice write-up. There was an American distance runner who, I think, got banned after a contaminated meat/burrito claim years ago. Maybe a different regulatory agency, I'm not sure, but it was a similar claim.
 
ChrisJR3264 said:
This is exactly why most of us are critical of Jannik sinner.
3 months. 2 failed PeD tests for banned substance with an absolutely ridiculous and unbelievable story.

Tara gets 4 years.
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The comparison for Tara should be with Zanellato.

A low-ranked tennis player from Brazil was cleared in a doping case by the International Tennis Integrity Agency this week after saying his positive drug test for an anabolic steroid was caused by eating contaminated meat while he was entered in a tournament in Colombia.

That is why, the decision said, "The ITIA accepts the player has established that it is more likely than not that the boldenone found in his urine sample ... was due to the presence of boldenone residues in the beef that he consumed in the days and/or hours prior to collection of the sample."

A footnote on the ruling says: "For the sake of clarity, the ITIA notes that it is not automatic that a case of meat contamination (with Colombian beef or otherwise) will lead to a no fault or negligence finding."
 
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