Jannik Sinner23 years old, lived a dream season on the courts that led him to finish 2024 as world number 1 after winning 73 of 79 games and winning eight titles, including Australian Openhe US Open and the Mastersin addition to Davis Cup with Italy.
The criminal achieved amazing results because he knew since March that he was under threat of punishment for two positive clostebol in Indian Wells Masters 1,000.
The Italian has always defended his innocence and explained that he tested positive after his physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi applied an over-the-counter spray to the wound on his hand before massaging it. That drug containing clostebol was given to Naldi by a physical trainer Umberto Ferrara. Both are no longer part of Sinner’s work group.
The current world No. 1 is absolved of guilt or negligence on the part of International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)who was satisfied with the tennis player’s explanations. However, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) He was not so convinced and in September he filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) requesting a suspension of one to two years for Jannik.
The CAS will not decide on the ‘Sinner case’ before the end of the year, according to the director general of the AMA told the AFP agency this Friday. Olivier Niggli. “Nothing will happen until the end of the year,” said Niggli, who revealed one of the keys that the AMA considers important to get CAS’s support.
“We do not dispute that it may be contamination. In the decision it is considered that there is no fault of the Sinner, but our position is that the athlete is still responsible for those around him, so this is the legal point that will be debated,” explained he. the director general of the AMA.
While the ITIA was criticized for being late to reveal the positive results of Sinner (as well as the Polish Iga Swiatek for trimetazidine), Olivier Niggli believes that official bodies “must protect athletes.”
“Personally, I think protecting an athlete’s reputation should be our first concern. We live in a world where social networks are what they are and that means that reputation can be lost in a very short time,” said said Niggli.
Source: La Verdad
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