A ruling by the Court of Lausanne on a curling player also gives hope to the number 1 in the ATP rankings: no negligence for the contamination that occurred with her husband
Jannik Sinner is waiting to play his second match at the Australian Open. The Italian tennis player is currently exclusively focused on his commitment on the court in Melbourne but obviously there is the doping case which continues to weigh heavily on his future.
The hearing at the CAS in Lausanne
Il There will be hearings at the CAS in Lausanne on 16 and 17 April who will decide the future of Jannik Sinner. The appeal presented by Wada on the Clostebol case could put the world number 1’s career on hold given that the World Anti-Doping Agency’s request is for 1 or 2 years of disqualification. The ITIA, the independent body that manages doping cases in the world of tennis, had instead established that there was no fault or serious negligence on the part of the Italian tennis player after he tested positive for clostebol during the Torneo in Indian Wells.
The case of Canadian Briane Harris
To light a glimmer of hope on decision of the CAS comes in the case of a curling player, the Canadian Briane Harris. The athlete was initially suspended for 4 years, it was she who appealed to the CAS of Lausanne and after 11 months her disqualification was suspended. The ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport established that his positivity to Ligandrola substance used to increase energy and muscle strength, was due to intimate relationships with her husband.
The Canadian managed to demonstrate that she was not aware that her husband used this substance, nor that intimate contact could represent a risk of contamination. The court accepted her argument, arguing that Harris used every precaution possible to avoid any form of contamination.
Hope for Sinner
Obviously, as the athletes themselves say, each case of doping has its own particularity. And that of the curling player, Briane Harris, has points of contact with that of Sinner but also many differences. But it still represents an important precedent and a source of hope for what will happen in April. If the CAS has in fact recognized Harris’ innocence from the accusations of negligence, as she was not aware of the substances taken by her husband nor the risks of contamination, the taking of clostebol by the physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi cannot represent negligence on the part of Jannik Sinner. A little hope to hold on to for the next few months.
Source: sport.virgilio.it
