Brad Gilbert, former coach of Andre Agassi and Coco Gauff, has said he is shocked by WADA’s decision to appeal against to Jannik Sinner’s doping issue ITIA sentence.
The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed that it has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday, September 26, in the case of the Italian tennis player, who was found by an independent tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to be without fault or negligence for testing positive twice for Clostebol, a prohibited substance, in March 2024.
WADA believes that the finding of no fault or negligence by the Italian player currently number 1 in the world is not correct under the current rules and is therefore asking for a period of disqualification of between 1 and 2 years.
There have obviously been many reactions to this decision in the last few hours, which have literally divided the tennis world. Gilbert reacted to this request and posted his thoughts in a post on his X profile, writing:
“I am completely shocked by this decision by WADA, the dose was 8,000 times less than a gram of salt. Unfortunately, it will take months to understand where it is the association representing the players in this case, in addition to Sin City paying its own lawyers?”
I am completely…
