Author of an exceptional 2024 season with a place as world number 1 and nine titles under his belt including two Grand Slams and the Davis Cup, Jannik Sinner has not yet been completely unanimous since the revelation this summer of a positive anti-doping test at clostebol during the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells last March.
While awaiting the outcome of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Italian’s case continues to cause a lot of talk. A case which is strangely reminiscent of that of the Italian basketball player, Riccardo Moraschini, who tested positive in 2021 for the same substance as his compatriot. Except that he paid dearly for this involuntary contamination.
“Our cases are identical, laconic: very small quantity, only linked to external contamination. It turned out that we both didn’t know that someone close to us was using the medicine taken from the pharmacy, in this case my girlfriend. But I paid with a one-year suspension and dismissal from my club at the time (Olimpia Milano). Anti-doping has a very strict system. But each individual case is treated with the subjectivity of those who judge it. At the time, I was suspended for three and a half months while awaiting trial. Then disqualified for a year, even though the judge recognized the involuntary catch. »
Published on Tuesday November 26, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.
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