Ex-first racket of the world Maria Sharapova was able to appeal the decision of the International tennis Federation.
Doping scandal Sharapova started the eighth of March last year, when the Russian woman press conference, admitted putting a positive doping test on Meldonium, a drug that has become banned from January 2016.
The international tennis Federation after lengthy proceedings the eighth of June was disqualifications Russian woman for two years. Start “ban” begins with the capture of the same doping samples (26 January 2016).
Today, the Sports arbitration court in Lausanne ruled on the appeal of Sharapova in the case of a two-year disqualification. CAS reduced the sentence from two years to 15 months – the award-winning tennis player will be able to return to court on April 26, 2017.
“This afternoon, I am happy to know that I will be able to return to court in April 2017. I felt like I took away something that I loved, but now I got it. Tennis is my passion, and I missed him. Now I’ll be counting the days until his return,” said Sharapova.
Maria Sharapova – five-time winner of the tournament series Grand slam, ex-first racket of the world, silver medalist of the Olympic games 2012 and the recent past, the highest paid athlete in the world.
