The sanction was lenient," says the former director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency about Sinner
Jean-Pierre Verdy, founder and former director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, has commented on the three-month sanction imposed on Jannik Sinner in 2025.
In remarks relayed by AS, he states: "What happened is unusual, but the more powerful the athlete, the more likely they are to get away with it. The excuses are always the same: this time, they say, it's the masseur's fault. But this explanation only holds for the biggest stars.
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The sanction was lenient, considering the substance and the penalty an average athlete would have received if they had been caught with the same substance... Anyone else would have gotten two or three years.
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Jannik is guilty of doping, yet he was given the choice of when and for how long he should be banned.