Tennis

[Sciatic]

Cas ruled Halep "on the balance of probabilities" had not taken roxadustat intentionally.

Simona Halep: Doping ban reduced for former Wimbledon champion

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep is free to return to tennis after a four-year doping ban is cut by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

www.bbc.com

Bogus

 

[Rob5091]

For Swedish media, an unusually long article on doping. Tennis player Maja Radenkovic got a 2 year ban in 2023 for Arimistane. But it turns out the process of testing causes Armistane to be found in samples. (2 WADA studies from 2019 & 2021 show this) So ... you're still banned!

https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbla...a-radenkovic-dopningavstangd-bryter-tystnaden

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Move along nothing (clostebol) to see here:

Jannik Sinner cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for banned substance in March

World number one Jannik Sinner is cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance in March.

www.bbc.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Move along nothing (clostebol) to see here:

Jannik Sinner cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for banned substance in March

World number one Jannik Sinner is cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance in March.

www.bbc.com

A bit cruel of them to take away his ranking points from Indian Wells, when it was clearly the fault of a sloppy physiotherapist.

 

[snipeheem]

Move along nothing (clostebol) to see here:

Jannik Sinner cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for banned substance in March

World number one Jannik Sinner is cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance in March.

www.bbc.com

No ban, just 400 points and prize money. This is just funny how they operate in tennis

 

[snipeheem]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1825908317798953327

View: https://x.com/BenRothenberg/status/1825908317798953327

 

[Mayomaniac]

Move along nothing (clostebol) to see here:

Jannik Sinner cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for banned substance in March

World number one Jannik Sinner is cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance in March.

www.bbc.com

Clearly our Red Fox doesn't dope.

 

[buckle]

Move along nothing (clostebol) to see here:

Jannik Sinner cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for banned substance in March

World number one Jannik Sinner is cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance in March.

www.bbc.com

Italian sport is a good litmus test. They attempted a clean up about 25 years ago (apart from in soccer) but now everyone is back on the bolognese sauce. Why bother to clean up when nobody else does?

 

[Sciatic]

Clearly our Red Fox doesn't dope.

I wish the media (BBC in this case, but typical of many others) could be sophisticated and honest enough to stop using the phrase “cleared of all wrongdoing.” As opposed to “doping ban dismissed due to possible contamination.” And in this case what a ridiculous excuse.
In addition, how do they know what other “wrongdoing”—whether doping or jaywalking—he might be doing

 

[Andon]

Sinner missing the olympics seemed sketchy to me. I'm aware that he's supposed to have had a whole lot of injuries and rehab. But also, he's been ranked #1 for a while so it seemed like quite a coincidence to happen to miss such major event.

 

[BullsFan22]

Even if it was an honest mistake (twice) you would think he’d be suspended until he was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Simona Halep was suspended for 17 months until she was cleared.

He was popped for anabolic steroids. Cross country skier Therese Johaug was caught using the same out of competition and was suspended for 2 years.

Another Italian was caught using clostebol years ago and was given a 4 year ban. Clearly Sinner has good protection.

 

[fenns]

if he didn't do anything wrong why does he lose his prize money and points from Indian Wells?

his performance at Wimbledon was very strange

 

[Mayomaniac]

So now Errati-style meme excuse with the meds falling in the pasta of the Tortellini?
His father is even a cook, so it would have been plausible (probably not good for his restaurant).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So now Errati-style meme excuse with the meds falling in the pasta of the Tortellini?
His father is even a cook, so it would have been plausible (probably not good for his restaurant).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Aqpk-avec

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kyrgios isn't happy

https://twitter.com/x/status/1825918412914307398

 

[BullsFan22]

Neither is Shapovalov

https://twitter.com/x/status/1825923410200850810

View: https://x.com/denis_shapo/status/1825923410200850810?failedScript=main

 

[Cookster15]

Absurd. After the Contador steak saga this is just absurd. It is his responsibility to ensure he doesn’t inadvertently take banned substances. To test positive not once but twice for the same substance? He should be out. Simple.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Even if it was an honest mistake (twice) you would think he’d be suspended until he was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Simona Halep was suspended for 17 months until she was cleared.

He was popped for anabolic steroids. Cross country skier Therese Johaug was caught using the same out of competition and was suspended for 2 years.

Another Italian was caught using clostebol years ago and was given a 4 year ban. Clearly Sinner has good protection.

Tbf, Johaug had a concentration of 13 ng/ml, while both of Sinner's samples had 86 and 76 pg/mg. 1ng equals 1,000 pg, so Sinner actually only had small traces of it, making the contamination story clearly more plausible than Johaug, who would have had to ingest a pound or two of lip balsam to make her story actually realistic.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Sinner's coach/masseur's finger - a key part of the contamination evidence!

 

[ppanther92]

Absurd. After the Contador steak saga this is just absurd. It is his responsibility to ensure he doesn’t inadvertently take banned substances. To test positive not once but twice for the same substance? He should be out. Simple.

Exactly. That was once the logic at least.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Absurd. After the Contador steak saga this is just absurd. It is his responsibility to ensure he doesn’t inadvertently take banned substances. To test positive not once but twice for the same substance? He should be out. Simple.

Pro: one again picograms per ml, so cero, cero, cero memes can also be used for Sinner.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Sinner's coach/masseur's finger - a key part of the contamination evidence!

Pinky promise?

 

[Red Rick]

View: https://youtu.be/yypE0rq0gr4?t=4

 

[Sciatic]

Tbf, Johaug had a concentration of 13 ng/ml, while both of Sinner's samples had 86 and 76 pg/mg. 1ng equals 1,000 pg, so Sinner actually only had small traces of it, making the contamination story clearly more plausible than Johaug, who would have had to ingest a pound or two of lip balsam to make her story actually realistic.understanding something

Maybe I’m not understanding something—all chemicals have half lives, with the amount in one’s system decreasing over time, right? So as long as the amount is over the limit, the excuse of “it’s barely over the limit” could just as easily mean they actually had a much larger amount in their system and has been decreasing since they stopped. No matter how much of a drug someone takes, there is a day (or time) when a test would show an amount “barely over the limit.” Please set me straight if I’m not getting something here.

My point being is that finding a minuscule amount of a PED leads to a conclusion (by some) that it must be contamination. But an equally valid (and probably more likely) conclusion is that a doping product had not quite quite finished clearing their system.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Maybe I’m not understanding something—all chemicals have half lives, with the amount in one’s system decreasing over time, right? So as long as the amount is over the limit, the excuse of “it’s barely over the limit” could just as easily mean they actually had a much larger amount in their system and has been decreasing since they stopped. No matter how much of a drug someone takes, there is a day (or time) when a test would show an amount “barely over the limit.” Please set me straight if I’m not getting something here.

My point being is that finding a minuscule amount of a PED leads to a conclusion (by some) that it must be contamination. But an equally valid (and probably more likely) conclusion is that a doping product had not quite quite finished clearing their system.

Oh no, you're right. It's just that really small amounts make contamination stories a lot more believable.