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Social media are always ready to inject poison into anyone who asks legitimate questions that go against the mainstream. Jannik’s (guiltless) doping is, ultimately, a political case
Starting to play tennis again helps you look forward, but it does not solve the problem of a two-speed justice system (Bortolotti n. 87 of the doubles exonerated as the king of the ranking Jannik Sinner from a positive test for Clostebol is a virtuous example in itself: he represents the exception, that is, not the rule), the reality that many players have complained about in New York, in these days of arsenic and old lace. The most intelligent of all, Novak Djokovicnet of the spot for the alternative union he created in 2020 (Ptpa), put his finger on the sore spot: «I understand the frustration of colleagues: there is a lack of coherence – he said -. From what I understand, Sinner’s case was clarified as soon as it was announced. But 5 or 6 months have passed since the news was communicated to him and the team. So, yes: there are many problems in the system and I understand the requests of those who ask to be treated in the same way».
Sinner’s double positive test eight days apart (March 10th in competition at Indian Wells, March 18th on the eve of Miami), considered unrelated to the facts contested by Itia and investigated by an independent tribunal, should serve one purpose. To make the ATP reflect – and the two “greatest Italian figures who direct it” as the Dutchman recalled yesterday Greek trackbeaten five times out of five by Jannik and therefore accused of envy by the unappealable verdict of social media, ready to inject poison into anyone who asks legitimate questions that go against the mainstream — on a system that allows a lawyer to defend Sinner against Itia, defend Itia against Tara Moore, a British nobody who tested positive for nandrolone and was cleared after a 19-month trial, and at the same time sit on the panel of Sport Resolutions, the English tribunal that dealt with Jannik’s Clostebol.
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Present in his urine in such tiny doses that he would be acquitted by any jury. The conflict of interest (lawyer and prosecutor) does him no favors: it opens the door to criticism. Sinner’s doping (without guilt) is, after all, a political case. The same Wada that had to digest the food contamination of the top sprinter Usa Knightonalso accused of having exonerated 23 Chinese swimmers on the eve of the Games, can appeal by September 6. It would help her reposition herself on the sports scene, but it would not be a good reason.
August 27, 2024 (edit August 27, 2024 | 06:58)
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