The double positive for clostebol Jannik Sinner He continues to make people talk in tennis. The world number one did not receive a major sanction (he took a slight punishment for losing the points and the money earned in the Indian Wells Masters 1,000) and that outraged some tennis players. Now, several weeks later, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) calls for more punishment for Sinner and has appealed the decision to an independent court of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
After this development in the case, the controversial Nick Kyrgios has attacked Jannik Sinner. Specifically, the Australian tennis player reacted to a publication on social networks in which Sinner’s first words were recorded after learning of this resource from the World Anti-Doping Agency. «I am very disappointed and also surprised by this appealto be honest, because we had three hearings. The three hearings were very positive for me. “I didn’t expect it,” Sinner commented about this novelty in his case.
Kyrgios’ reaction was to attack the Italian. “Ha ha ha. I hope the people who run this don’t care that I’m number 1 and have money,” wrote the Australian tennis player, responding to that publication with Sinner’s words. In this way, Nick Kyrgios showed that he continues to maintain his criticism against the Italian.
When Sinner’s double positive was revealed, which occurred at the 1,000 Masters in Indian Wells, Kyrgios already charged against the Italian: “It’s ridiculous. Whether accidental or planned. You test positive twice for a banned substance, steroids. You should be out for two years. Your performance improved… Massage cream. Yes that’s fine”.
The AMA does ask for a harsh sanction for Sinner
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) does ask for a harsh sanction for Jannik Sinner, the current world number 1 in tennis who tested positive for clostebol twice in an anti-doping test. The Italian was spared a major sanction, such as spending months without being able to compete, and simply took a slight punishment for losing the points and money earned in the Indian Wells Masters 1,000, a tournament in which he gave this double positive.
For WADA, the body in charge of coordinating and monitoring the fight against doping in sports, Jannik Sinner does have to have a sports sanction and hence ask for a punishment of one to two years for the Italian tennis player. It should be remembered that an independent tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) considered Sinner not guilty or negligent, which is why he continues competing as if the two positives had not occurred.
That resolution of the ITIA It is the one that is now being appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which actually presented the appeal on September 26, although it was announced this Saturday. Specifically, WADA filed an appeal before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in which it requests a sanction for Sinner of “between one and two years”.
