{
  "id": 10168490,
  "title": "Asian Games bronze medallist from Uzbekistan fails doping test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/asian-games-bronze-medallist-from-uzbekistan-fails-doping-test",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-27T07:49:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2026/09/27/asian-games-bronze-medallist-from-uzbekistan-fails-doping-test/236748"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}