In a shocking flip of occasions, the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) has appealed towards an impartial tribunal’s determination to clear World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of blame after he failed two checks for a banned substance earlier this yr.
Final month, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) dominated that Sinner bore “no fault or negligence” for twice testing constructive for the banned substance clostebol in March 2024. ITIA backed up the Italian’s protection that his physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi, inadvertently contaminated him with the steroid. Sinner has since stopped working with Naldi.
On Friday, WADA rejected the impartial tribunal’s verdict, stating it was “not appropriate below the relevant guidelines.” WADA appealed to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and issued a statement calling for Sinner to be banned from professional tennis for “between one and two years.“
“WADA is in search of a interval of ineligibility of between one and two years,” the assertion learn. “WADA is just not in search of a disqualification of any outcomes, save that which has already been imposed by the tribunal of first occasion. As this matter is now pending earlier than CAS, WADA will make no additional remark right now.”
