Afghan judoka suspended for positive steroid test


The Afghanistan judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad have tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol. He is the third athlete to test positive at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris in 2024.

 

Afghanistan judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad positive for steroid in third doping case at Olympics. 

We have not registered any Afghan judoka athletes who has been sanctioned for an anti-doping rule violation. In the Anti-Doping Database we've registered more than 130 sanctioned judo athletes.

Stanozolol is the substance where second most sanctioned judoka athletes has tested positive for. 

The sample was collected by the International Testing Agency under the testing authority and results management authority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during an in-competition anti-doping control on 30 July 2024 in Paris, France, during the Men’s -81 kg 1/16 final. The result was reported by the WADA-accredited laboratory of Paris on 1 August 2024.

The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended until the resolution of the matter in line with the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Games Paris 2024. This means that the athlete is prevented from competing, training, coaching, or participating in any activity, during the Olympic Summer Games Paris 2024.

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