After Jannik Sinner’s doping case ended with the World No 1 accepting a three-month ban, Sky Sports News’ Geraint Hughes answers the key questions to have arisen from the saga.
How did Jannik Sinner test positive for a banned substance?
Sinner tested positive twice in March 2024 for a banned anabolic steroid called Clostebol which is derived from testosterone.
In line with anti-doping processes throughout professional sport, Sinner provided a sample to anti-doping controllers. He first did so on March 10 during a tournament at Indian Wells.
Eight days later an out-of-competition test prior to the Miami Open also returned a positive result. Both Sinner’s tests amounted to less than a billionth of a gram, in essence trace amounts.
Sinner was informed of the positive test results and was initially provisionally suspended from tennis on April 4. He successfully appealed that suspension a day later and also another short suspension that lasted between April 17 and 20. Provisional suspensions can be overturned if an athlete demonstrates that a contaminated product was likely involved.
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