Azerbaijani weightlifters for one year suspended from participation in international tournaments

Baku / 21.10.17 / Turan: Weightlifters from Azerbaijan and eight more countries are suspended for one year from participating in international competitions. The decision entered into force on October 20, reported by the press service of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

Deciding on the disqualification, the IWF executive committee pointed to the positive results of doping tests among five Azerbaijani weightlifters at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and 2012 in London.

Along with Azerbaijan, weightlifters of Armenia, Belarus, China, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine were disqualified.

In particular, the national teams of these countries will miss the World Cup, which will be held from November 28 to December 5 in the United States.

Repeated tests of doping tests gave positive results to the participants of the Beijing Olympics Sardar Hasanov (62 kg.), Intigam Zairov (85 kg.) , Nizami Pashayev (94 kg.), Boyanka Kostova (58 kg.), and the same Intigam Zairov (94 kg.). -06D--

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