The World Anti-Doping Agency assures that “the conclusion that there was no fault or negligence was not correct under the applicable rules”.
The Jannik Sinner doping affair continues to shake the circuit. The controversy is far from over. More than a month ago, the International Agency for Tennis Integrity (AIT) revealed that an independent court had decided to acquit the Italian after a positive test for clostebol. However, this Saturday, The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that it had filed an appeal.
The tennis player escaped any major sanctions, such as suspension, after testing positive for the banned substance by arguing he was not responsible.
In this sense, WADA considers that “the finding of absence of fault or negligence was not correct under applicable standards “. This is why he will ask for a heavier sentence, in particular “a period of suspension of one to two years”.
Of course, he is not asking for the disqualification of Sinner’s results, notably those of Miami, Cincinnati and the US Open. “As this matter is now pending before the CAS, WADA will not make any further comments at this time. “, declared the organization.
The sinner speaks
Sinner tested positive during testing in March, when the Indian Wells Masters 1000 was taking place. Despite his innocence, he was sanctioned. The one who was born in San Candido He was punished with the prize money and points earned during the competition. where he reached the semi-finals and fell to Carlos Alcaraz, who was precisely the one who was crowned in the tournament held in California.
The amount of money that had to be returned amounts to 325 thousand dollars, or almost 300 million pesos. On the other hand, 400 points were deducted from the world ranking, corresponding to reaching the round of the four best in the competition.
Now his punishment could be heavier. Given this, it didn’t take long for Sinner to speak out. “Obviously I am very disappointed with this appeal, I was very surprised because we had three hearings during the whole process with the ITIA and all three were positive for me . “I didn’t expect it, to be honest,” he said after beating Roman Safiullin in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 in Beijing.
“They informed me two days ago that they were going to present this appeal and they told me the news would be made public today. I don’t know, Maybe the World Anti-Doping Agency just wants to make sure everything is correct, but this came as a surprise to me. Yo. There are things we can’t control,” he said.
Source: Latercera
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