Boxing-Turkey's Erdemir gets two-year ban for doping violation

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari

22/11/2024 10:31

Nov 22 (Reuters) - Turkish light middleweight boxer
Tugrulhan Erdemir has been banned for two years by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for breaching anti-doping rules, the
International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Friday. 
    CAS had confirmed in July Erdemir's provisional suspension,
which had ruled him out of the 71kg event at the Paris Olympics
and a second hearing took place in October when the court found
he had broken anti-doping rules.
    "Erdemir returned an Atypical Finding (ATF) for the
prohibited substance hydrochlorothiazide," the ITA said in a
statement. "Hydrochlorothiazide is prohibited under the 2024
WADA Prohibited list as a diuretic and masking agent (S.5)."
    Masking agents can hide the presence of banned substances,
making them harder to detect in tests. The diuretic can flush
out other banned substances and conceal drug use without
enhancing performance directly.
    The 25-year-old, who failed a doping test on Feb. 17, will
have results obtained starting from that date disqualified.
Erdemir won a bronze medal in the light middleweight category at
last year's European Games in Poland.

 (Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru
Editing by Toby Davis)
 ((Shifa.Jahan@thomsonreuters.com;))