The Athletics Integrity Unit has provisionally suspended Issam Asinga, the 18-year-old Suriname athlete who set a world U20 100m file of 9.89 simply final month (July 28), for the presence/use of GW1516.
The substance is prohibited as a “metabolic modulator” on the World Anti-Doping Listing. In sport, these medicine have been utilized by athletes to stimulate anabolism, enhance the power and improve muscle mass.
Nijel Amos, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist within the 800m, was additionally suspended for a optimistic take a look at of GW1516 forward of final yr’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Asinga was set to race for Suriname in Budapest and was prone to be a menace for the medals in an open 100m competitors.
The boys’s 100m heats are as a result of happen at 18:43 BST/19:43 CEST on August 19.
The AIU has provisionally suspended Issamade Asinga (Suriname) for the presence/use of a Prohibited Substance (GW1516).
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Asinga was given discover by the AIU of the optimistic take a look at on August 9.
His 9.89 on the South American Championships in Brazil, which bettered Letsile Tebogo’s earlier world U20 file of 9.91, is the joint-fourth quickest mark on the earth this season.
Solely Zharnel Hughes (9.83), Ferdinand Omanyala (9.84) and Fred Kerley (9.88) have gone faster in 2023.
Asinga is the youngest ever individual to interrupt 10 seconds over the space.
He has additionally clocked private bests of 6.57 over 60m and 19.97 for 200m this yr, the latter being a South American U20 file.
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