British player Tara Moore’s ban lifted as her name gets cleared in doping scandal after a battle of 19 months

The ITIA has uplifted the ban that was put under Tara Moore.

British player Tara Moore’s ban lifted as her name gets cleared in doping scandal after a battle of 19 months

Tara Moore (image via Tennishead.com)

Tara Moore’s ban has been lifted after 19 months. Moore was banned from taking part in any sort of competition from May 2022. She was then ranked World No. 83 in doubles during the period she was banned and was the leading women’s doubles player. She was banned for taking steroids while competing in Colombia.

However, later on, an independent tribunal found out that the positive results for the steroids came from the meat. The meat she ate during the competition in Colombia had certain substances which triggered the test results to be positive. The International Tennis Integrity Agency further said, “has issued, and will continue to issue, information concerning the risks of meat contamination in certain parts of the world to all players”.

After the hearing was heard Moore shared a post on X. In the X post, Tara Moore wrote:

19 months of lost time and emotional distress. 19 months and my team and I are finally given the answer we knew from the very start.
Tara Moore on X

She then went on to thank the fans for their support. The amount of time she lost during the peak years of her career is inconsolable. Moreover, the effect that the ban must have had upon her is beyond words.

Tara Moore finally gets justice over her doping case allegations

After a long period of 19 months of waiting for justice and numerous hearings, British player Tara Moore has been cleared of all the allegations. The ITIA said Moore and Barbara Gatica who was also banned with her had “no fault or negligence” for the sample findings. Moore was charged with having nandrolone while Gatica was charged with having boldenone in her samples.

Barbara Gatica
Barbara Gatica (ADN Radio)

Moore’s suspension was immediately uplifted while Gatica still is under a three-year ban for corruption charges. Moore after the ban was lifted by the IFTA further wrote on X:

It's going to take more than 19 months to rebuild, repair and recuperate what we've been through.

Moore was very strong in her stance that she was not guilty. She had insisted that the B sample which was taken during the sampling be tested to prove her innocence. This sad news came just a few days after she finished as the runner-up of the WTA doubles.

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