WADA offered an explanation for the difference in doping bans between tennis player Jannik Sinner (three months) and figure skater Laura Barquero (six years).

Figure skater Laura Barquero has been suspended for six years after testing positive for clostebol, the same banned substance that tennis star Jannik Sinner was found to have used but which only got him a three-month ban.

WADA's differing doping bans for tennis player Jannik Sinner and skater Laura Barquero have sparked controversy. While both involved Clostebol, Sinner received a three-month ban after proving his accidental exposure,

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has defended its decision to give Jannik Sinner a three-month ban while handing Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero a six-year suspension, despite both testing positive for the same substance.

Jannik Sinner's recent doping suspension has caused controversy in the tennis world and has opened up many discussions into past doping cases that

Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero has been banned for six years for violating anti-doping regulations. This was reported by Hielo Espanol.

Jannik Sinner was handed a three-month ban in a dope settlement after testing positive for the anabolic steroid clostebol. Sinner and the World Anti-Doping Agency reached an agreement. Meanwhile, WADA had banned a Spanish figure skater for six years for the same steroid violation.

WADA have moved to explain why they gave top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner a three-month ban while a Spanish figure skater received a six-year suspension.

Many tennis players and pundits believed that if Jannik Sinner maintained innocence in his doping case, he had no reason to accept a three-month ban under a settlement.