Nothing could be more horrifying than being wrongfully accused of a foul play in an athlete’s life. The athletes dedicate all their lives since childhood to the sports they are passionate about, however, a small whiff is enough to take away all the gains made. The recent victim of the false news was the Polish players including the tennis star, Iga Swiatek. When the unanticipated rumors started gaining wind, the Polish authorities intervened to quash all the doubts regarding the integrity of the players and sports.
There have been a few cases where tennis stars have unknowingly consumed a prohibited substance. The famous one was Maria Sharapova, who faced a ban in 2016. And tennis fans woke up to the tweet, which alleged that Swiatek tested positive for a prohibited substance back in 2021. As the hurricane of another doping scandal was about to shake the tennis world, the Polish Doping Agency came forward to safeguard the players from false propaganda.
They said, “In the connection of the hacker attack, we would like to inform you that the data is used by cyber criminals for various purposes. including broadly understood disinformation.”
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