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Weightlifter from Uzbekistan suspended from competitions for four years

Uzbek weightlifter Maftuna Ismailova has been disqualified from competitions due to doping, the National Anti-Doping Agency reported.

Photo: Instagram / ismailova_maftun

According to the decision of the ethics commission under the National Anti-Doping Agency of Uzbekistan, the banned substances Oxandrolone and Stanozolol were found in the doping sample of the athlete.

She is suspended for 4 years -- from December 23, 2021, to December 22, 2025 -- for an anti-doping violation under Article 2.1 of the World Anti-Doping Code.

Earlier, the Uzbek Greco-Roman wrestler Sultanbek Elmuratov was also suspended from competitions for four years due to doping.

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