Jannik Sinner: Martina Navratilova’s broadside at WADA

Jannik Sinner: Martina Navratilova’s broadside at WADA

There is a debate in the tennis world about WADA’s appeal regarding Jannik Sinner’s acquittal in the Clostebol case. A racket legend like Martina Navratilova has decided to take a clear stand, to openly side with the Italian champion and current world number one and to find the World Anti-Doping Agency’s decision incomprehensible.

“This is crazy. WADA is just confusing. With the Chinese swimmers they turned the other way and now? What a bad system we have,” Navratilova said.

“It never occurred to me to ask my physical therapist what type of cream or oil he used during massages or if it got into my body. “You can’t tell me these are things worthy of a charge of negligence,” he wrote in X.

Itia, which had acquitted Sinner, meanwhile responded to WADA: “The International Tennis Integrity Agency (Itia) recognizes the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to challenge the verdict of ‘no fault or negligence’ in Italian’s case To appeal.” Tennis player Jannik Sinner, issued by an independent tribunal appointed by sports resolutions on August 19, 2024. Under the World Anti-Doping Code, Wada has the ultimate right to appeal any such decisions.”

“After a series of facts were collected and assessed following a thorough investigative process, the case was referred to a tribunal completely independent of Itia to determine the extent of the culpability and then impose sanctions based on the unique circumstances and the absence of comparable precedents Procedure was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the World Anti-Doping Code. However, Itia recognizes WADA’s right to appeal the independent arbitration tribunal’s decision.