And so the Clostebol affair is not yet over, as the most optimistic people on websites and social media believed. While Jannik Sinner is on the field against Safiullin in Beijing, the news arrived, announced by Wada, that Wada itself, the world anti-doping agency, has appealed to the CAS against the acquittal of the no. 1 in the world, underlining that he does not believe the “finding of absence of guilt” to be correct and asking for a ban of one to two years for Jannik.
Jannik Sinner said he was “very surprised and disappointed” about the recourse to the move by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) which appealed to the Tas (Sports Arbitration Court) against the acquittal of the world’s no.1 Italian tennis player in relation to the Clostebol case. “It’s not very simple, but I can’t control everything,” he added at the press conference, “I am convinced that I will be found innocent, it will be the third hearing”, said the Italian tennis player. After reaching the round at the Beijing tournament, he said he had “privately” learned of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s move “for a couple of days”.
The doping case involving the South Tyrolean tennis player, acquitted by Itia (International Tennis Integrity Agency) began when it became known, after the Paris Games in which Sinner had not taken part due to tonsillitis, that Sinner himself had tested positive on March 10, during the Indian Wells tournament.
Traces of the clostebol metabolite, i.e. what remains after the prohibited substance has been metabolised in the body but not yet completely expelled, also emerged in a second check carried out outside the tournament eight days later.
In both cases Sinner had successfully appealed against the provisional suspension that is triggered in these situations and was thus able to continue playing. THEThe world number 1 had explained that he had come into contact with clostebol due to contamination. The substance is in fact contained in Trofodermin, an over-the-counter drug in Italy used to treat a small wound of his then physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi, who had performed massages and other treatments on Sinner in those days, who then fired him after the case came to light. As for the no. 1 in the world, on several occasions, even after winning the US Open, had expressed his bitterness by revealing that he had been influenced by the affair and had overcome it “with the help of those who have always been close to me”.
Binaghi: ‘Trust in the Tas. will establish Sinner’s innocence
“We have great confidence in the body (the CAS) which will have to put an end to the case. Since Sinner has on his side not only the evidence of the facts but also the acquittal by three independent bodies”. The president of Fedrtennis, Angelo Binaghi, comments thus on Wada’s appeal against the acquittal of the Italian tennis player for the clostebol positive case. “I am sure that the only effect of Wada’s appeal will be positive, because it will establish the boy’s innocence and will put an end to this affair once and for all, giving us back a champion in full serenity” concluded Binaghi.
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