Former Top-60 Star Suspended After Failed Drug Test – and Already Has a Return Date
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(Adnkronos) - Argentine tennis player Facundo Bagnis was disqualified for a year. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced this, explaining that the 36-year-old accepted the sanction for a violation of the anti-doping rules and has renounced the right to appear before an independent court. The former number 55 of the world ranking, today 431° in the Atp classification, had been positive to hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic, d…
The player accepted the sanction imposed by the International Tennis Integrity Agency and his punishment will end in October
The Argentine was positive for a prohibited substance during the U.S. Open 2025 classification.ITIA determined that the contamination came from a supplement and concluded that the infringement was not intentional.
These are diuretics and masking agents on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances.
The tennis player had been temporarily suspended by ITIA in October 2025 after a sample of hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic and masking agent was found.
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