While the Italian Jannik Sinner, world number one tennis player, qualified this Saturday for the quarter-finals of the Beijing tournament, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced in a press release that it had appealed the doping case. who is targeting him. Jannik Sinner had tested positivetwice, with clostebol last March. Tiny quantities of this banned substance, which helps build muscle mass and improve recovery, were found in his urine. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (Itia) finally cleared him, finding a total absence of fault and negligence.
WADA calls for “one to two years” suspension against Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner had therefore not been suspended from the ATP ranking, but in its press release published this Saturday, the World Anti-Doping Agency considers “that the finding of absence of fault or negligence was not correct under the applicable rules.” WADA therefore appealed and requested “a suspension period of one to two years” against the Italian world number one, but without these results since his positive tests, including his victory at the US Open, being canceled. The case is pending before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the World Anti-Doping Agency “will not make any further comment at this stage”.
“Contamination by a member of his staff”
After the discovery of clostebol in his urine, Jannik Sinner defended himself by explaining that he had suffered “contamination by a member of his staff, who had applied an over-the-counter spray containing clostebol to his own hand to treat a small injury”according to the International Agency for Tennis Integrity (Itia) which accepted his defense and officially cleared him at the end of August.
