Jannik Sinner doping case: Why did WADA settle and who wins? Key questions answered… | Tennis News happymamay

After the issue of doping doping has ended with a sinful jewel with world number 1, a three -month embargo is accepted. Sky Sports’ News Giraint Hughes answer the main questions that arose from the epic.

How did Janek experience positively for a banned substance?

The sinner tested positively twice in March 2024 because of the banned steroid steroid called Clostebol, which is derived from testosterone.

In line with anti -doping operations throughout professional sport, Sinner presented a sample to anti -flow control units. He did this for the first time on March 10 during a championship in Indian Wales.

Eight days later, re -test outside the competition before the Miami Open Championship to a positive result. The tests of both sinners were less than one billion grams, in the quantities of essence.

The wrong was informed of the positive test results and was initially suspended from tennis on April 4. Activist of this comment after a day and also another short comment between April 17 and 20. The polluted product is likely to be involved.

What is its interpretation and why was the ban in the beginning avoided?

ITIA transferred the case to an independent court, which I heard in August 2024. ITIA is dealing with anti -doping and corruption in tennis.

The sinner successfully argued that the two positive tests were the result of pollution. The Italian and his legal team said that his fitness coach has bought a non -prescription spray called Tofodermin widely used in Italy for recovery. TROFodermin contains Clostebol.

Giacomo Naldi of Sinner’s Physio Naldi finger in early March 2024 and used spray for several days to treat the wound. He also continued his work with the sinner, massage him and wrap the wrong feet in the bandages. The sinner argued that he was unintentionally contaminated by Naldi, who was not wearing gloves when working on him, and also argued that he had no idea that his coach had bought Truvodimine or that Naldei had used him while working on him.

In an independent hearing, three scientific experts said that the misfortune of the sinner was reasonable. ITIA accepted the misinterpretation of the sinner that this is what re -tests to combat doping with the present of Clostebol – the independent court agreed.

The technical sinner was found to bear “no mistake or neglect” for the failed tests. Because of this discovery and referee from an independent court and ITIA, the sinner has been cleared of any violations and avoids the prohibition of doping abuse.

What happened next?

It was resumed in September 2024 by WADA, the Global Anti -Doping Agency – which was technically launched against the wrongful ruling after he committed “any mistake or neglect.”

Wada believed that the ruling was not correct according to the rules in force. ITIA, who originally achieved and transferred the investigation to an independent court, has admitted the right of the WADA to appeal to the CAS Arbitration Court (CAS) under the WADA Law, which provides for WADA’s right to appeal all anti -run -off decisions.

CAA was to hear the case – WADA VS Jannik Sinner/IT/ITIA – at its headquarters on April 16 and 17. He was appointed to listen to the CAS decision that was connected after the session.

Now, due to the settlement agreement away from Cas, that session will not occur.

Why did this agreement come and who wins?

This settlement is a surprise because WADA has made it clear this point of incompatibility with the ITIA rule and also saying that it was her opinion that the sinner was carrying “error and neglect” and that a ban between two years and years was appropriate.

There is an acceptance that many of the sinner did not deliberately use Clostebol to enhance his performance and that tracing quantities less than one billion grams – acceptable by a committee of three independent scientific experts – do not form cheating.

However, WAADA’s call was based on the enforcement of what they see as rules for all athletes, sports, their coaches and stability. The strict responsibility means that the athlete is responsible for what goes to their bodies or their bodies and that the materials that are highlighted clearly as it is prohibited in the banned menu should not be used by any athlete.

WAADA and Global Sport takes the idea of ​​”strict responsibility” seriously, so for WADA last September to say that she was seeking a ban as long as it was two years, and now he settles in three months a little sudden.

So who will be happier? Who can claim to win? In fact, no one, but the wrong may be more comfortable. It has been banned and this remains in his record forever – although the ban between them now and May does not significantly affect the Italian table this year and no attempts to win the Grand Slam events. After keeping its Australian open title in January, it is qualified to return to action before the following specialization – French open – in May.

Wada publicly stated that she agreed to settle the ban for a period of three months appropriate, but this is a general position. Some within the anti -doping community will not be happy with this settlement. WADA is supposed to be the global introduction, and it is a strong agency, but critics will see this as a sign of weakness.

It has already been questioned by the US Anti -Dopper Agency (USADA) and the US government. WADA is funded by national governments and the United States of America is the largest shareholder – its budget for 2025 is just less than 50 million pounds – but at the beginning of this year, the United States government blocked a batch of 2.8 million pounds to WADA regarding the agency’s decision not to take measures against 23 Chinese swimmers involved in the doping scandal.