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WADA Appeals Sinner Doping Exoneration
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed the recent decision to exonerate world number one Jannik Sinner after he twice tested positive for a banned substance. WADA is challenging last month’s ruling by an independent tribunal, which found that the Italian tennis star had “no fault or negligence” in his case.
WADA claims the ruling was “not correct under the applicable rules” and is pushing for the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to impose a ban of “between one and two years” on Sinner.
Sinner, 23, was cleared after testing positive for low levels of a metabolite of clostebol, a banned steroid used to enhance muscle mass, during the Indian Wells tournament in March. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), which initially handled the case, respected WADA’s right to appeal but maintained that its process was conducted according to the agency’s guidelines.
Sinner is currently competing in the China Open, where he is facing Roman Safiullin in the last 16.