Turkmenistan wrestler disqualified as doping case hits Asian Games | Inquirer Sports

Turkmenistan wrestler disqualified as doping case hits Asian Games

/ 04:10 PM August 24, 2018

A wrestler from Turkmenistan became the Asian Games’ first doping casualty on Friday.

Rustem Nazarov was disqualified from the Games in Indonesia after failing a pre-tournament test for the banned masking agent furosemide, the Olympic Council of Asia said.

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Nazarov “has been disqualified from the 18th Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games 2018… and his results during the competition held on the 19th August annulled”, a statement said.

The athlete, 24, had competed in the men’s 57kg freestyle event and was defeated in his first match by India’s Sandeep Tomar.

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Six athletes tested positive at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon including South Korean swimming star Park Tae-hwan, who was stripped of his medals.

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