Jannik Sinner twice tested positive for clostebol but a tribunal accepted he became contaminated through a cream applied by his physio
Jannik Sinner cleared of wrongdoing over two failed anti-doping testsTribunal ruled cream used on cut caused contaminationJannik Sinner, the No 1 men’s tennis player, has been found to bear no fault or negligence for two failed anti-doping tests after twice testing positive for the banned substance clostebol in March. An independent tribunal last week determined that Sinner had been contaminated with the substance through his physiotherapist.
The independent tribunal concluded that Sinner had been contaminated with clostebol through a product his fitness trainer had purchased, which Sinner’s physiotherapist used to treat a cut on his finger. Sinner’s physiotherapist treated the Italian without gloves, meaning the product was inadvertently transferred to Sinner. Clostebol is an anabolic androgenic steroid derived from testosterone.
The first positive anti-doping test took place on 10 March during the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event and trace amounts of a metabolite of clostebol were also found in a test eight days later, just before the Miami Open, which Sinner won. His results, points and prize money earned at Indian Wells have been disqualified.
While athletes receive mandatory provisional suspensions after an anti-doping violation, a provisional suspension can be appealed and removed if an athlete demonstrates at a hearing that the violation likely involved a contaminated product or a substance of abuse. Sinner successfully appealed both provisional suspensions.
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