Asian Games medallist fails doping test

Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Shavkatov, a medallist at the Asian Games in Japan, has become the first athlete to test positive for doping at the event. Shavkatov, who won a bronze medal in mixed martial arts, has tested positive for meldonium, a banned substance that can improve endurance and accelerate muscle recovery. Shavkatov has been provisionally suspended pending further investigation, and he has the right to challenge the decision and request an analysis of the B-sample.

This marks the third doping case at the Games, with Dayanch Keletliyev of Turkmenistan also failing a drugs test the day prior.

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