The Normal Director of the World Anti-Doping Company WADA Oliver Niggli has launched new fascinating updates that carefully concern the controversial Jannik Sinner’s doping challenge.
On the finish of November, the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport printed the listing of all of the hearings that can happen within the coming months and as much as February 11, 2025. Amongst these, the one regarding Jannik is just not included and, subsequently, WADA’s attraction on the Clostebol case – except there are essential developments within the coming days – will likely be mentioned after that date.
“There will be nothing by the end of the year. The decision was made that Sinner was not at fault. Our position is that there is still a responsibility of the athlete towards those around him. So it is this legal point that will be discussed at the CAS. We do not dispute the fact that it could have been contamination but we believe that the application of the rules does not correspond to the jurisprudence,” he mentioned.
Niggli lastly reiterated that defending athletes is within the curiosity of each physique linked to the world of sport.
“We must protect athletes. Personally, I think that protecting an athlete’s reputation should be our first concern. We live in a world where social media is what it is and makes a reputation go up in smoke in a very short time,” he defined.
Jannik Sinner, ATP Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
In the meantime, Simone Vagnozzi, coach of the Italian, shared an fascinating behind-the-scenes story of his collaboration with the 2-time Grand Slam champion. For the reason that Italian has been beneath the technical steerage of the coach, then later additionally assisted by Darren Cahill, he has reached the first place within the ATP rating for the primary time in his profession, due to victories on the Australian Open and the US Open.
Straight from Dubai, the place he’s getting ready the brand new season with Jannik, Vagnozzi talked in regards to the season simply passed by, maybe unrepeatable.
“It was a crazy season with so many victories that no one expected, a superlative season. Now we are preparing to try to do even better. He is a phenomenon, he applies himself, he is polite, empathetic, resilient, he puts in the effort every day and obviously the results help him in this. It has been a long journey, so we cannot talk about a single episode that determined the turning point in Sinner’s career. Maybe I could say in 2023 in Beijing the victory at the China Open against Medvedev or at the beginning of 2024 with the first slam the Australian Open that gave us the right push,” he revealed.
The Italian coach then instructed an anecdote about his relationship with Sinner, concerning an argument between them.
“It’s a good question but I wouldn’t call it an argument, if anything there was some discussion, some confrontation. Recently on the court in Shanghai I had to reprimand him for an impatient gesture. But every day is different when you play, so it’s okay to let off steam, but Sinner has exemplary behavior in every situation,” he added.
