The Olympic boxing champion in the heavyweight category, Lazizbek Mullojonov, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, according to the International Testing Agency (ITA).<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Uzbek boxer tested positive for metasterone, a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid linked to accelerated muscle growth, increased strength, and power. The sample was collected out-of-competition on June 11.<\/p>\n
“The athlete has been notified of the case and has the right to request the analysis of the B sample,” ITA communicated in an official statement.<\/p>\n
If the analysis of sample B is requested and this confirms the result of sample A, the case will be considered a confirmed violation of anti-doping rules, according to the ITA. In case the analysis of sample B is not requested, the case will also proceed as a confirmed violation of anti-doping rules.<\/p>\n
“The athlete will have the opportunity to present their explanations about the result,” added the agency.<\/p>\n
Mullojonov also won a bronze medal in the heavyweight event at the 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships and a super heavyweight gold medal at the 2022 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olympic Boxing Champion, Lazizbek Mullojonov, Provisionally Suspended for Doping The Olympic boxing champion in the heavyweight category, Lazizbek Mullojonov, has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, according to the International Testing Agency (ITA). The 26-year-old Uzbek boxer tested positive for metasterone, a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid linked to accelerated muscle growth, increased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[205,1638,6562,6623],"class_list":{"0":"post-21517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-doping","10":"tag-mullojonov","11":"tag-steroids"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}