Jannik Sinner will not be suspended, despite the fact that he has passed two positive doping tests. This was announced on Tuesday.
The world number 1 tested negative twice earlier this year for the banned substance Clostebol.
Although he failed both tests, these were not made public as the player successfully appealed against the provisional suspensions imposed on him over the infection.
A statement the Italian posted on social media on Tuesday revealed that he had tested positive in April for a trace amount of Clostebol, less than a billionth of a gram.
He then explained how the positive result had come about. He said that his fitness trainer had bought a product that was ‘easily available without a prescription’ in a pharmacy.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will not be suspended after being cleared after two positive doping tests
“After a thorough and extensive investigation, ITIA and Jannik discovered that the unintentional contamination of Clostebol occurred through the treatment of his physiotherapist,” the statement said.
‘His fitness trainer bought a product, which was easily available without a prescription in any Italian pharmacy, which he gave to Jannik’s physiotherapist to treat a cut on the physiotherapist’s finger. Jannik knew nothing about this and his physiotherapist did not know that he was using a product containing Clostebol.
‘The physiotherapist treated Jannik without gloves and in combination with several skin lesions on Jannik’s body, unintentional contamination occurred.’
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