2024-08-20 16:00:50
Posted on August 20, 2024 at 6:00 pm – Updated on August 20, 2024 at 7:25 pm
World number one Jannik Sinner has tested positive twice this season but has not been punished in the slightest. How could the Italians escape unscathed?
Jannik Sinner is currently on Cloud Nine. The Italian, who beat Frances Tiafoe to win the Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati last night, is in superb form less than a week away from the US Open, where he will also become world number one title. However, this pipe dream will likely never come true. During the Indian Wells Championship last March, Italian tests positive twice during doping control. The information was leaked on Tuesday.
“Sinner provided an in-game sample at Indian Wells on March 10, 2024, which contained Low concentrations of cloticol metabolites are present. Another sample taken from the match eight days later also tested positive for the same metabolite, but at still lower concentrations,” the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said in a press release. So how did the Italian tennis player escape sanctions?
Sinner Coach’s Massage When He Tests Positive
First, his two calls allowed him to continue his season while the investigation was ongoing. Because Jannik Sinner denied knowingly absorbing the substance. According to his explanation, in Gazzetta dello Sporta member of his medical team used a spray containing lotibol to treat his own finger injury. Therefore, in the course of providing Jannik Sinner with daily massages, the therapist may have accidentally transmitted a banned substance to his protégé.
As surprising as it may seem, this version was retained and endorsed by scientific experts to whitewash the world’s first. ” After consulting with scientific experts, they concluded that the player’s explanation is credible“ITIA does not oppose the player’s call to lift the provisional suspension,” ITIA defended itself in the same press release. However, Jannik Sinner did not benefit from the points earned in the Indian Wells tournament and did not receive a bonus.
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