Asian Games bronze medallist from Uzbekistan fails doping test
NAGOYA, Sept 27 — Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Shavkatov today became the first medallist at the Asian Games in Jap...
Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Shavkatov, a bronze medallist in mixed martial arts at the Asian Games in Japan, has tested positive for the banned substance meldonium, becoming the first Asian Games medalist to fail a doping test. The International Testing Agency has provisionally suspended Shavkatov, who can challenge the decision and request analysis of the B-sample.
This news follows another positive test for meldonium, a prescription heart medication that can improve endurance and accelerate muscle recovery, from Dayanch Keletliyev of Turkmenistan, a karate competitor.
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