“Sinner and Swiatek different cases, this is the reason for the appeal against Jannik”

Witold Bank president of the Wada returned to talk about Jannik Sinner and the doping case. In particular, the number one of the world anti -doping agency commented on the failure to appeal against the Polish Iga Swiatek current number 2 in the world and its compatriot, specifying how there was no different treatment than the blue sample.

The words of President Wada

The president of Wada spoke to the Polish site Rz In these terms: “Swiatek and Sinner? These are two completely different caseswhich cannot be compared. Both the substances and the circumstances are different “. Bank then added: “We made both decisions after asking for the opinion of an external expert. The procedure on our part was the same as any other disciplinary case “.

The situation of Iga Swiatek

On the Swiattek issue (positive to trimetazidine), Wada had pronounced with a press releaseexplaining that he has requested an opinion from an external legal consultant “who considered that the explanation of the athlete’s contamination was well shown, that the decision of the ITIA (the
one month suspension
, ndr) COME COMPONED TO THE WORLD ANTIDOPING CODE AND THAT WAS NO BASES REASONALS TO APPLATION “. The hypothesis of contaminated melatonin was thus accepteddeemed valid. A different situation compared to Sinner, given that an appeal has been submitted against number 1 in the world, with a request for 1-2 years of disqualification.

Sinner and the Doping case

But what had happened to Jannik Sinner? The number one in the world had turned positive, in March 2024, due to one Contamination from clostebolbut had then been exonerated by a process conducted by the ITIA (International Tennis Integrity Agency). The Wada, or the world anti -doping agency, however, appealed to the Tas, asking for one to two years of disqualification. Their intention is to demonstrate not the intentional use of the offending healing, but to establish a Partial responsibility of Sinnerwhich according to Wada would be guilty of the negligent and incorrect behavior of its staff, in particular of the former trainer Ferrara and above all of the former physiotherapist Naldi, both dismissed later.

The new process, which will be staged a Loosannewill not necessarily disavow the first instance sentence, but will re -examine all the tests presented. Jannik will therefore have to demonstrate, once again, that he has not been negligent or seriously negligent. In the event that there is no sanction to be demonstrated, just as established at first instance, while in the event of a condemnation the sanction would go from a minimum of 12 months of disqualification to a maximum of 24. Wada has already filed His appeal memory and now it will be up to Sinner. The appeal presented by Wada will be discussed on 16 and 17 April 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland.