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topicnews · October 13, 2024

Will he still be banned for doping?

Will he still be banned for doping?

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From: Marcel Schwenk

Jannik Sinner was acquitted despite testing positive for a banned substance. The WADA objection is now official. This is how it continues.

Lausanne/Montreal – In purely sporting terms, 2024 could hardly have gone better for tennis star Jannik Sinner. Off the court, however.

Jannik Sinner tested positive twice for the banned substance Clostebol in March 2024

He reached at least the quarterfinals of each of the four Grand Slams, and the Italian even won the Australian Open and the US Open. A few weeks after the final in New York, Sinner had to cope with a stroke of fate that had already been foreshadowed.

But that’s not enough. In March, the world number one tested positive for Clostebol twice. The anabolic steroid is considered a doping agent and is therefore banned. Sinner’s explanation that the substance entered his body during treatment by a physiotherapist was found to be credible. He was therefore not blocked. But that could still change.

Will have to face another hearing because of the doping allegations: tennis ace Jannik Sinner. © Xinhua/Imago Images

Sinner case: International Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS confirms WADA objection and announces hearing

A few days ago, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), based in Montreal, lodged an objection with the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the ruling of the responsible International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). This has been received, as the CAS has now announced.

However, it is not yet possible to predict when exactly a decision will be made in the Sinner case. There will be another hearing, but a date has not yet been set,

Jannik Sinner was recently “disappointed and surprised” by the WADA objection

WADA is calling for a “one to two year ban” for the 23-year-old and an annulment of the result Sinner achieved at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in March. However, the latter was already ordered by the court of first instance. However, he doesn’t have to worry about his Grand Slam titles, as the official CAS letter shows.

Sinner himself recently said he was “disappointed and surprised” by the announcement of the WADA complaint. On the sidelines of the ATP tournament in Beijing, he said: “I just try to concentrate on my work and do everything I can to be ready for every game. But yes, this is a very difficult moment for me. I found out about it a few days ago. We had three hearings. All three hearings were very positive for me.”

Now the two-time Grand Slam winner will face at least one more if he does not file a complaint against the WADA initiative with the Swiss Federal Court. (masc)

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