Richard Pagliaro | @tennisnow | Friday, February 21, 2025
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Bad beef is the key to setting up Nicolas Zanellato There is no temporary suspension.
Zanelatto, the world’s No. 754, has been failing to get a temporary suspension in a doping test since last August, qualifying for the recovery of the race in a proving positive test of his Boldenone, due to consuming contaminated Colombian beef of.
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After investigation, which included interviews, detailed documentation reviews, and recommendations from independent WADA-approved scientists, International Tennis Integrity Organization Discovered Zanellato “without any errors or negligence [his] Anti-doping rules violated. ”
Zanellato reached the career-high world singles ranking of 458 in April 2024, providing a competitive sample when he competed in the ATP Challenger event in Colombia on June 25, 2024.
Boldenone is a banned steroid that is commonly used in the Colombian cattle industry to promote animal growth. Boldenone is legal in Colombia, and this is where Zanellato eats contaminated beef in a restaurant.
Zanellato has been temporarily suspended since August 12, 2024 and has failed to successfully appeal the President of the Independent Tribunal on August 22.
Since then, Zanerato has subsequently obtained further evidence and documents in support of his case. The evidence “including detailed receipts, as well as information about the source of meat consumed during multiple visits made at an independent restaurant outside the tournament environment.”
ITIA conducted a parallel investigation into the case and concluded: “The explanation has been verified as justified by independent scientific experts.”
If this sounds weird, don’t worry, then you won’t have flashbacks caused by Boldenone.
As early as 2020, ITF resumed the world’s number one in doubles Robert Farah After accepting his claim, his native Colombian meat contaminated the meat, which prevented him from stimulant testing.
Robert Farah, like Zanellato, was temporarily suspended after testing positive Boldenone.
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Farah had a beef dinner cooked by her mother and he provided a receipt to prove his case. Farah showed his passport and flight record receipt to prove that he was in Colombia before actively testing. His mother bought her supermarket receipts for her beef two days before her son arrived, and the marketing manager proved that the beef came from a cattle company in northern Northern Columbia, where ranchers testified that they often used Boldenone on cattle.
The morality of these two stories: Tennis professionals should be careful about eating meat in Colombia, and if you do, be sure to save and recycle it.
