At some point during the past 12 months, the world is 1 tennis Jeanic wrong I changed everything in the anti -doping world.
On the morning of February 15, after late night discussions between the Legal Team of the Senener and the Anti -Doping Agency (WADA), the Grand Slam champion came out twice with a A three -month ban on two violations of anti -doping rulesBoth positive tests for prohibited steroid, Clostebol. Sinner, 23, was banned from the competition professionally and from the attendance of professional tennis events from February 9 to May 4. He and his legal team contributed to a tremendous change for all athletes who claim – and they can prove the balance of possibility – that they were inadvertently allowed prohibited materials in their bodies.
In the case that followed the case to appeal in the CAS Arbitration Court (CAS), WADA has returned to the anti-built-on-built definitions about proportionality-that the penalty should be likely to be likely according to the specific circumstances-the pretext that its symbol represents that proportionality.
After that, the sinner, who did not find the anti -tennis authorities, and did not argue with Wada, came to have been intentionally. It was not banned by a court held by the International Tennis Agency (ITIA) at all; And it resumed This decision to CAS, which put a hearing for April this year. Then, according to the status decision agreement through Article 10.8.2 of the WAADA Law, the sinner came out with a three -month ban confined to his victory in Australian open And the beginning of the most important tournaments of the clay season.
Its ban is 85 days, a little less than three months due to the credit for two temporary comments associated with all his positive tests. It will return to tennis before the Italian Open in Rome, an event for the 1,000 men and women, which are led to the second big four major championships of this year, the French open in Roland Garros.
This punishment is much lower than the suspension from 12 to 24 months, calls the WAADA law to cases “No mistake or significant neglect” involves a banned material and not a polluted product-such as the five-time women champion. Iga swiaatek caseAs it was banned for a month after proving that melatonin, a sleeping drug, is contaminated with prohibited substances. In the weeks before the situation resolving the situation between the sinner and WADA, this was publicly reported that one year was minimal. When the agreement was completed, WADA rationalized it using the proportionality against it in the past.
“This was a typical issue,” said WADA’s chief spokesman. “It was very harsh that the athlete would be approved for a year or more to the level of error.”
There can be more cases like the sinner long ago. WADA formulates changes on its symbol, which would allow less penalties in similar situations of unintended steroids. In addition, after using its own powers to reach a settlement outside the prohibited provisions in such a prominent case, more athletes who claim to have been inadvertently have been inadvertently asked for the same wrong treatment.
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For decades, almost every athlete was that he was at an error due to the violation of the unintended anti -doping rules looking for a comment for at least one year. Just CAS intervention can prevent this, which requires the athlete to resume a penalty from any of WADA, which oversees the situations of doping through sports, or from organizations that oversee the fight against doping in individual sports. In tennis, this is Itia. As an Olympic sport, it must align its rules to combat stimulant Serve Podcast.
Jannik Sinner won this open year before announcing his ban for three months. (Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP via Getty Images)
Under the proposed changes, the penalties will be largely reduced in the first principle, and not through the decision -making agreement used in the wrong issue. In its place since 2021, what Fitzgerarald called a “safe failure” method allows WADA to take into account specific circumstances. Ross Winzil, the agency’s general advisor, said, said BBC This week, the organization has done this nearly 70 times since 2021.
This interpretation was confusing and music on the lawyer of the defense ears who represented athletes with positive doping tests. Even officials against the inauguration of regional and national levels were surprised.
“We are discussing the proportionality of the Sports Arbitration Court all the time,” said Howard Jacobs, one of the main defenders of athlete who runs from doping regulations. They argue with proportion, not consideration. They say that it is already proportional to the code. I say this is not true, and they say it is true. “
Fitzgerald said that the case solution agreement allowed proportionality as it is appropriate, but the cases that led to penalties outside the parameters of the WADA symbol are rare. For example, in 2021, the Canadian Ice Hockey player accepted a three-month ban on the use of insulin-which was taken for health reasons-without a treatment exemption (TUE).
The wrong test positively for Clostebol On two occasions: In the competition at BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on March 10 last year, after eight days. He was temporarily suspended, but he appealed to these pendants quickly and successfully, which means that they were not announced. In August, an independent court made by ITIA stripped of the ranking points and the money prize he won in Indian Wales, but he found that he was carrying “no mistake or neglect” of violations of anti -doping rules, and therefore he did not comment. The majority of the court did not know that the wrong is the player concerned when reviewing the case.
The interpretation that his coach, Umberto Ferrara has brought healing spray without a prescription available in Italy that contains Clostebol to Indian wells. Physiotherapist, Jiacomo Naldey, cut his hand, then use spraying on this pieces. Then Naldi conducted a massage on the wrong, which led to contamination with Clostebol from healing spray.
“It is clear that Janek had no intention, nor knowledge, and he did not acquire any competitive advantage. Unfortunately, the mistakes made by his team members led to this position,” Sinner Legal Adviser, Jimmy Singer, told side law on Saturday.
The sinner started with Naldi and Ferrara After ITIA Declaration. Ferrara continued to work with Matteo Berrettini, Sinner and 2021 at the Wimbledon Championship.
Wada appealed CAS first court decision in September. Wada said in a statement, “The discovery of” the absence of an error or neglect “was not true under the rules in force.” “WADA seeks a period of its lack of eligibility between one and two years.” She did not seek to conduct more inacculation of the wrong results, in an implicit gesture, as he would make it later explicit – the ITIA court did not oppose that the sinner was not deliberately published.
After that, just four months after insisting that the sinner receives a penalty between 12 and 24 months, he replaced the gears and settled for three.
Fitzgerald said that Wada had to make the appeal to support the principle of strict responsibility in his law, according to which athletes are responsible for the behavior of the team they employ.
He said: “The athletes bear the responsibility for neglecting the entourages.” “This does not mean that every case can be dealt with.” WADA officials defended the appropriate settlement and a three -month penalty commensurate with the sin of the sinner.
JANNIK Sinner with Giacomo Naldi (left of the sinner) and Umberto Ferra (right -wing) after winning the Australia 2024 Championship. (Andy Cheung / Getty Images)
For Jacobs, this contradicts his experience in cases of resolving cases, in which the result has always been among the penalties specified for WADA rules. As the issue of the sinner also clarified, there are no two situations of similar stimulants and compare the provisions issued on separate groups of facts and evidence limited exercise.
“WADA has cut an unpleasant smell, using an unknown condition for the rear paper,” said Travis Tigart, CEO of the US Anti -Dopper Agency (USADA). Tygart has been a long critic for WADA and has been seeking a great repair of it.
“It was either a half -baked decision by WADA to appeal to search for two to two years, or the correct decision to appeal, and they were subjected to general pressure. In both cases, this should not happen as happened.”
In response, Fitzgerald Tigart was accused of attacking Wada because of his long -term battles with the organization.
The Master. Tygart should spend longer in fixing important problems within us to combat stimulant rules.
“Regardless of the outcome of this case, one of the suspects has found Mr. Tygart an excuse for criticism.
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In a statement after the settlement announcement, Sinner said: “I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and realized that the strict WADA rules are an important protection of the sport I love. On this basis, I accepted the WADA offer to solve these procedures on the basis of a three -month penalty.”
Thursday, February 20, an exhibition organizers in Las Vegas, scheduled for March, announced that Casper Road would replace the wrong in the squad. The sinner could have played in the championship and collecting huge appearance fees, because the governing bodies did not punish the event, but this would have been considered a bad form. During his case, the players expressed their concerns about a set of shapes and intensity, which shows how sport that follows its very little protocols if people who governed these protocols do not trust their implementation – or they do not fully understand how they work.
Speaking at a press conference in Doha last week, where he played in the Qatar Championship in the Exagonobyl Open Championship, Novak Djokovic repeated the main topic: The players are not satisfied with how to deal with the misfortune issue.
“Many believe that there is favoritism,” Djokovic said.
In the 13th Championship in Marseille, France, at the end of last week, Daniel Medvedev – who won the sinner to beat the Australian Open in 2024 – said: “I hope the players will be the next time they are able to do this – Wada.
“I hope this creates a precedent for everyone the opportunity to better defend themselves.”
The Association of Professional Tennis players said that the estimate of each case was “a cover for the deals designed, the unfair treatment and the inconsistent judgments.” “This bias is unacceptable.”
WADA refutes any favoritism proposal, and the proposed reforms will make its blog to present more cases of this type of decision. Under the current regulations, just a violation of the anti -doping base associated with contaminated materials and not on its banned list is qualified for a reduced penalty, as in the Swiaatek case.
Under the proposed reforms, the language will change from the “polluted product” to “the source of pollution”. The “unexpected” existence of a prohibited substance in the athlete’s body, whether from food or by exposure on a third party, will be reasons for the mere reprimand or a shorter and harmonious prohibition if it is proven successfully.
These changes will not be reduced from the discrepancies in the results associated with the speed at which the lawyers or the quality of the legal defense team are mobilized, which quickly helped Sinner and SwiaTek on their temporary tables. Athletes will also have to wait-the proposed changes, which the national and sports authorities will vote for anti-doping in this fall, will not come into effect until 2027.
Meanwhile, what is happening will be examined the next time the athlete is asking to propose under the status agreement closely.
“Who will see and hold accountable for the control form?” Tygart asked.
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