Jannik Sinner's Laureus sportsman of year nomination withdrawn due to doping ban

The Associated Press

· Posted: Feb 27, 2025 2:01 PM EST | Last Updated: February 27

The information of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the twelvemonth grant was withdrawn Thursday due to the fact that of the top-ranked tennis player's three-month prohibition for his 2 affirmative doping tests astir a twelvemonth ago.

Laureus World Sports Academy president Sean Fitzpatrick said successful a connection that the Italian player's prohibition resulting from a colony with the World Anti-Doping Agency prompted the decision.

"Following discussions by the Laureus Academy it has been decided that Jannik Sinner's information for this year's Laureus satellite sportsman of the twelvemonth grant is to beryllium withdrawn," Fitzpatrick said.

"We person followed this case, the decisions of the applicable planetary bodies and — whilst we enactment the extenuating circumstances progressive — consciousness that the three-month prohibition renders the information ineligible. Jannik and his squad person been informed."

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Sinner and WADA announced the colony connected Feb. 15.

Sinner's mentation — that hint amounts of Clostebol successful his doping illustration was owed to a massage from a trainer who utilized the substance aft cutting his ain digit — had been accepted.

The timing means the 23-year-old Italian won't miss immoderate Grand Slam tournaments. The French Open, the season's adjacent major, starts May 25.

Last year, Novak Djokovic won the Laureus sportsman of the twelvemonth grant for 2023 and Spanish shot prima Aitana Bonmati was picked arsenic the champion sportswoman.

Nominees for the upcoming awards volition beryllium announced successful Madrid connected Monday.