Tennis player Cao Jiayi accepted a one-year ban: If you know that cold medicine has banned ingredients, you will never take it

In response to the case of taking banned drugs for cold by mistake in January this year, which was banned for 12 months by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), 21-year-old Chinese Taipei tennis player Cao Jiayi responded through social media, respecting the relevant verdict and emphasizing that if he knew that the cold medicine had banned ingredients, he would never have taken it.

21-year-old Chinese Taipei tennis player Cao Jiayi

"Although I feel sorry, after discussing with the team, I decided to respect the verdict." Cao Jiayi explained that a few days before he went to Auckland at the end of last year, he felt unwell due to cold-like symptoms, and took the "Taisho Cold A" that he had bought at a Japanese drugstore, hoping to get better and avoid infecting his doubles partner. I follow the rules of the Sport Prohibition Code: 'In all cases, players must be responsible for the banned substances detected in their bodies.'" ”

Cao Jiayi accepted the punishment proposed by ITIA, and is willing to bear the due price for this negligence, looking forward to returning to the competition next year. In the future, I will be more careful to understand and confirm the ingredients and how all medicines, nutraceuticals and supplements are supplemented. I also hope that through my own experience, I can remind the athletes of the importance of having knowledge about sports drugs, and not let their efforts go to waste because of a moment of negligence. ”