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Olympic Council of Asia Official Media Statement

2010-11-20 14:05 OCA


OCA Medical Committee Chairman Dr. Mani Jegathesan answers questions 
after the OCA press conference on Friday.

19 Nov 2010, Guangzhou, China: Dr. Mani Jegathesan, Chairman, OCA Medical Committee, and Mr. Manuel Silverio, Chairman, OCA Media Committee, attended an OCA press conference at the Main Press Centre on Friday, November 19, 2010. Dr. Jegathesan read out the following statement: "On behalf of the President of the Olympic Council of Asia, I wish to announce that we have encountered the first anti-doping rule violation in this the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

"This involves an athlete, Mr. Shokir Muminov of Uzbekistan, the silver medalist of the men's 81kg judo competition. His urine specimen collected on November 14, 2010, after the competition was found to contain Methylhexaneamine, a prohibited substance in the WADA Prohibited List 2010. This substance is a stimulant in category S6 of the list.

"After due process according to the rules and procedures of the OCA, it has been determined that the above finding constitutes an anti-doping rules violation and, as such, the following sanctions have been taken:

1. The athlete has been disqualified from the competition as well as these Games, and his performance in the competition has been nullified, his medal withdrawn and appropriate adjustment made to the results.

2. These findings will now be forwarded to the athlete's national authorities, the International Federation of the sport concerned (International Judo Federation) and the World Anti-Doping Agency for further action on their part.

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