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OCA announces second positive doping test

2010-11-25 08:42 OCA


OCA Medical Committee Chairman Dr Mani Jegathesan (L) and OCA Media 
Committee Chairman Manuel Silverio attend the press conference on Wednesday.

24 Nov 2010, Guangzhou, China: The Olympic Council of Asia held a press conference at the Main Press Centre in Asian Games Town on Wednesday afternoon to announce the second positive doping test of the 16th Asian Games. On behalf of the OCA President, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, the Chairman of the OCA’s Medical Committee, Dr Mani 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 second anti-doping rule violation in this the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

“This involves an athlete, Mr. Jakhongir Muminov of Uzbekistan-Wrestling, who was subjected to pre-event competition testing. His urine specimen collected on November 19, 2010, 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 rule violation and, as such, the following sanctions have been taken:

“1: The athlete has been disqualified from these Games and his performance in the competition has been nullified.

“2: These findings will now be forwarded to the athlete’s national authorities, the International Federation of the sport concerned (International Federation of Associated Wrestling – FILA - and Asian Council of Associated Wrestling – AAWC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency for further action on their part.”

Dr. Jegathesan reported that, as of November 23, the OCA had conducted 1,262 tests and the results of 1,090 of those had been received from the laboratory in Beijing. There have been only two positive cases. The athlete in the second case did not win a medal in his competition.

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