The Italian tennis player tested positive for this anabolic steroid derived from testosterone. The result of the anti-doping control was during the Indian Wells Masters 1000.
The number 1 of the tennis world men’s, Jannik Sinnerwas acquitted by an independent court after giving positive to the clostebol in March 2024, due to a substance with which it was unintentionally contaminated, the company announced on Tuesday. International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
During the Masters 1000 of Indian Wellsthe Italian player gave positive for this anabolic steroid derived from testosterone, which is forbidden for the World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA). The bank reported a “weak rate” and was then monitored for ten days, the agency said in a statement.
“I’m going to leave that difficult and regrettable episode in the past now.“, he expressed Sinner in a statement posted on social media X shortly after the decision was announced, adding that he will “continue to respect the ITIA anti-doping program. I have a team around me that is meticulous in the I respect to the rules.”
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The positive result It was not made public while the investigation was being carried out. At the end of the investigation, a independent court concluded that Sinner “did not commit any lack either negligence“, explained the ITIA.
How was the contamination?
The Italian player explained that “the substance had entered his body through the pollution through a member of your teamwho had applied to his own hand a spray over-the-counter containing clostebol to heal a small injury,” the agency added.
That member of the Sinner team told him performed massages with their hands during that period, which would explain the contamination that occurred. “After the investigation, the ITIA accepted the explanation of the player about the origin of the clostebol and acknowledged that the presence of the substance No “It was intentional,” said the ITIA’s director general, Karen Moorhouse.
While the player’s version and justification was accepted, his ATP points and the earnings obtained in the Masters 1000 of Indian Wellsthe tournament during which he was controlled, he was Retired to comply with the regulations in this regard.
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