File picture of Pakistani wrestler Ali Asad© X (Twitter)
Pakistani wrestler Ali Asad has been stripped of his bronze medal within the Commonwealth Video games after testing optimistic for utilizing efficiency enhancing medication. The Pakistan Wrestling Federation confirmed that Ali Asad had not solely been banned for 4 years but in addition stripped of his bronze which he gained within the 2022 Birmingham CWG. “His checks carried out by the Worldwide Testing Company (ITA) have confirmed he took efficiency enhancing medication throughout the occasion,” one official stated. The ruling on his case got here this week, following investigation by the ITA.
The official stated that the ban on Asad got here after he waived his proper to a listening to and in addition did not reply to the allegations throughout the given deadline.
Pakistani weightlifters and wrestlers have confronted a spate of bans from the Worldwide Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for failing dope checks in worldwide competitions.
In Might this 12 months, the IWF handed four-year bans to 4 Pakistani weightlifters for anti-doping guidelines violation.
Abdur Rehman, Sharjeel Butt, Ghulam Mustafa and Farhan Amjad had been suspended in 2022 after they refused to offer samples to the Worldwide Testing Company (ITA) group on November 10, 2021.
The 4 weightlifters went to Court docket of Arbitration for Sports activities (CAS) to defend themselves however the suspension remained.
Prime weightlifters Olympian Talha Talib and Abu Bakar Ghani had been additionally hit on the similar time and had been banned for 2 years for utilizing banned substances.
Talha, who completed fifth within the Tokyo Olympics, is banned till February 2025.
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