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Christian Bacico Handed Provisional Suspension After Positive Test For Clostebol<\/h4>\n

World short-course relay medallist Christian Bacico<\/strong> has been handed a provisional suspension after testing positive for a clostebol metabolite.<\/p>\n

Bacico – the second-fastest Italian in history in the 200 back – was suspended by the National Anti-Doping Tribunal<\/strong> following the outcome of the test which was carried out by National Anti-Doping Organisation<\/strong> (NADO) Italia.<\/p>\n

According to the International Testing Agency, clostebol metabolite is prohibited under the 2024 WADA Prohibited list as an anabolic androgenic steroid and helps build muscle mass and aid athletic performance.<\/p>\n

A press release regarding Bacico read: “The National Anti-Doping Court, in acceptance of the request proposed by the National Anti-Doping Prosecutor’s Office, has suspended the athlete Christian Bacico (FIN) as a precautionary measure for the violation of articles 2.1, 2.2 (substance found: CLOSTEBOL METABOLITE). The controls were ordered by NADO Italia”.<\/p>\n

Clostebol is the same substance for which four-time Grand Slam champion Jannik Sinner<\/strong> twice tested positive in March 2024 although the Italian said the substance entered his system inadvertently through contamination, claiming his physio had used an over-the-counter healing spray containing clostebol on a cut on his own hand, and the substance was then transferred to Sinner during a massage.<\/p>\n

Sinner and WADA reached a case resolution agreement in February 2025. Sinner accepted a three-month period of ineligibility, even though he maintained his innocence. WADA accepted that Sinner did not intend to cheat and that his exposure to clostebol was unintentional.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old most recently competed at the Italian S\/C Championships in Riccione. There he placed third in the 100 and 200 back as well as fourth in the 50.<\/p>\n

He also competed at the European Short Course Championships which ran from 2-7 December in Lublin, Poland.\u00a0There he was 12th<\/sup> in the 100 back behind teammates Lorenzo Mora<\/strong> and Thomas Ceccon<\/strong> but he didn\u2019t make it out of prelims because of the two-per-nation rule. He then finished 12th<\/sup> in the 200 (1:52.81).<\/p>\n

It followed his appearance at the World Championships in Singapore where he led off the mixed medley relay in 52.78 as the quartet finished sixth. Bacico – who hails from Lombardy – was 10th in the 100 back and set a national youth record of 1:56.02 in the 200, a time only Ceccon has bettered among Italian men with his 1:55.71 national record from April this year.<\/p>\n

Bacico earned his first medal on the senior stage at the 2024 short-course worlds in Budapest where he led off the Italy men\u2019s medley relay in prelims. He was replaced in the final by Mora as the quartet won bronze.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed a medal-laden 2023 where he followed up gold and silver at the European juniors with four medals including 100\/200 back bronze.<\/p>\n

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