The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has three weeks to appeal the decision to exonerate US Open champion Jannik Sinner in his doping case.
Patrick McEnroe, Chris McKendry and Rennae Stubbs discuss an independent tribunal's decision to clear Jannik Sinner after he tested positive for anabolic steroids. The WADA shared details of the appeal deadline with The Associated Press on Tuesday showing that the World Anti-Doping Code -- the global set of rules for international sports -- gives the Montreal-based agency at least until the end of September to file an appeal in the Sinner case.
While the doping rules state that any other party with a right to appeal -- such as Nado Italia -- has 21 days to do so, the WADA then gets another 21 days on top of that before its own window closes.However, it was unclear whether the initial 21-day deadline expired Tuesday, since that window opens only after all the parties receive the verdict and supporting documents, which can be at least a few days or more after the announcement, according to the tennis integrity agency.
"The deadline for filing an appeal to the CAS will be 21 days from the date of receipt of the reasoned decision in question by the appealing party," the tennis integrity agency rulebook says. Then the WADA has another 21 days to file an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but ultimately was not banned because the ITIA determined he was not to blame. Sinner's accepted explanation was that the banned performance enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who used a spray containing the steroid to treat their own cut finger.
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