By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, December 16, 2024
Photo credit: Will Murray/Getty
WADA’s Chief believes Jannik Sinner could have been contaminated with the banned steroid clostebol.
But asserts the world No. 1 still bears some responsibility for failing a pair of doping tests last March.
WADA Director Olivier Niggli explained why the organization is appealing Sinner’s steroid case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport—and seeking a ban of one to two years for the US Open champion.
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Last March, Sinner twice tested positive for the banned steroid clostebol in “low levels” the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced in August days before the start of the US Open.
Australian Open champion Sinner was not suspended and permitted to play because an independent tribunal ruled he was at “no fault” for the steroid contamination in his system.
“The International Tennis…
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