Last Hour Sinner, sledgehammer on disqualification: verdict is heavy and could lead to unbelievable situation. Here’s the revelation
Jannik Sinner, as we know, ended his 2024 in triumphant fashion: a great year for the Italian tennis player, winner of two out of four Slams and world number one in the ATP Ranking. Then also the Turin Finals and the Davis Cup. In short, the best of the best.
That said, we know very well that it is all tainted by that positivity in an infinitesimal part to Clostebol for which Wada appealed to the Tas in Lausanne. A situation that, in short, is still in place and could lead to something incredible. That said, Jannik continues on his side to work. And perhaps, he hopes, to receive positive news. And to try to shed some light on the matter, lawyer Angelo Cascella, an expert in international sports law and former member of the TAS in Lausanne, has intervened. This is his prediction, reported by Libero.
Latest hour Sinner, what a thrashing
“Analysis having been carried out and the existence of doping traces having been proven, the athlete faces a sentence of one to two years. In such cases, there may be intent or fault or negligence. In the former case, the sentence can be up to four years of disqualification, in the latter, as required for Sinner, it ranges from one to two years. “
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Why, however, if the ITIA had acquitted Sinner, did Wada appeal? Lawyer Cascella further explains, “Because the rule provides that it is forbidden to find, within the analyses to which an athlete is subjected, substances included in the list of prohibited ones. If prohibited substances are found in the blood or urine analysis of which the athlete and staff are fully aware, in this case the responsibility of the athlete is triggered. Indeed, the same is responsible for the substances that are found in his body, and in Sinner’s case, some of them were detected in the checks conducted on March 10 and 18, 2024. The athlete would have had the right to conduct counter-analyses, however, he preferred not to request them and for this reason he was automatically suspended.” The situation, therefore, is all to be determined.