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The story of accidental positivity to Clostobol involving Jannik SINNER offers some interesting insights. First of all, the non-disclosure of any information before the independent Sports Resolutions tribunal issued its ruling should represent the practice and not the exception to the rule. We must therefore ask ourselves why absolute confidentiality was maintained in this case. Certainly, the lack of a long period of forced inactivity played an important role. So, why was Jannik SINNER not stopped indefinitely despite two tests carried out within eight days giving positive results? In this case, once the ritual suspensions that are triggered in the event of a positive test have arrived, it was decided to appeal to an immediate and urgent appeal to an independent court. The favorable outcome of the appeals led to the revocation of the suspensions. In essence, it was demonstrated that the thesis of contamination without fault or negligence supported by the athlete was scientifically credible due to the small quantity of substance found in the urine. Clearly, the judges in the case made use of the opinion of a trio of medical experts, one of the reasons why appealing to independent tribunals is a rather onerous practice. However, the modus operandi of the counterpart ITIA (International Tennis Integrity Agency), the body responsible for managing the anti-doping protocol in tennis, also deserves applause, which did not give any publicity to the news as it should always happen before the issuing of the guilty or guilty verdict. absolution. At the same time, ITIA decided to take a risk, which, in light of the situation, can also be considered calculated. What, in fact, would have happened if Sport Resolutions had not cleared the tennis player? Net of a discounted appeal, all the results obtained from the day of the first offending test (10 March) to the day of the sentence (15 August) would have been cancelled, resulting in the loss of ATP points and sums of money won. Furthermore, a disqualification would have been triggered to be quantified during the trial. In conclusion, the entire management of the matter represents a demonstration of how common sense can and should be used. On a side note, it is sad to read belly attacks often without knowledge of the facts against the tennis player in question, formulated by journalists, other athletes and ordinary people. Unfortunately, the hardest part for SINNER will come right now as the mud machine is already in high gear. Having said this, the attitude shown in the last five months suggests that he will be able to come out of this in the best possible way.
