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Tara Moore's $20M lawsuit against WTA over doping ban dismissed

A US federal judge threw out the British doubles player's bid to overturn arbitration in her four-year doping suspension.

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What to know

  • A U.S. federal judge dismissed Tara Moore's $20 million lawsuit against the WTA, ending her latest legal challenge over a four-year doping ban.
  • Moore tested positive for nandrolone and boldenone in Colombia in 2022; she blames contaminated meat and was initially cleared before CAS overturned that finding and banned her until 2028.
  • The court found no legal basis for Moore's claim that the prior arbitrator denied her a fair hearing or exceeded their powers.
  • Moore, who has always denied knowingly doping, called the anti-doping process "broken" and the case a "nightmare."

“As my family and friends have scrambled to pick up the broken shards of me, they've glued me back together in the form of a different person.”

Tara Moore, tennis player serving doping ban · Yahoo Sports ↗ · Sep 21

Tara Moore British doubles tennis playerWTA Women's Tennis Association, defendantITIA International Tennis Integrity AgencyAndrew Carter U.S. District Judge, New York

Tara Moore's $20M lawsuit against WTA over doping ban dismissed
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    Moore calls the anti-doping process broken and a nightmare

    Following the ruling's coverage, Moore described the anti-doping system as "broken" and "subjective" on social media, and told BBC Sport the case had been a "nightmare."

    “The last three-and-a-half years have broken me into so many pieces…”
    — Tara Moore
    1. 4 outlets Tara Moore, tennis player serving doping ban, has $20M lawsuit against WTA thrown out

      first by Yahoo Sports, 1d ago · also The New York Times, BBC, BBC Sport

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    • Maybe it was from eating bodybuilder cows… like 10 of them…. Huge muscley ‘roided cows… or she was doping

      ShiftNStabilizer/sports1d agoview on r/sports ↗
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    Judge Andrew Carter dismisses Moore's lawsuit — U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter dismissed Moore's motion, finding no legal basis for her claims that the arbitrator deprived her of a fair hearing or exceeded their powers, and directed the case closed.

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    Moore sues WTA in New York for $20 million — Moore filed a motion in U.S. District Court seeking "no less than $20m in compensatory damages," alleging the WTA "stayed silent in the face of a known and specific danger and then shifted the blame for its own negligence" to her, and that the arbitrator denied her a fair hearing.

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    Moore's arbitration claim against WTA is rejected — Moore initiated proceedings with the American Arbitration Association, arguing the WTA's silence on meat-contamination risk in Colombia caused her positive test; the arbitrator sided with the WTA and dismissed her claim.

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    CAS overturns clearance, bans Moore until 2028 — After the ITIA appealed the tribunal's decision, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Moore had not sufficiently proven meat contamination explained her nandrolone levels and imposed a four-year ban running to 2028.

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    Independent tribunal clears Moore of fault — An independent tribunal found contaminated meat was the likely source of the positive test and ruled Moore bore "no fault or negligence," clearing her to resume playing after 19 months.

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    Moore tests positive for two steroids in Bogotá — At a WTA 250 event in Bogotá, Colombia, Tara Moore tested positive for nandrolone and boldenone and was provisionally suspended.