UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has introduced that retired former world champion Amir Khan has been banned from all sports activities for 2 years following anti-doping rule violations for the presence and use of a prohibited substance. On February 19, 2022, UKAD collected an in-competition urine pattern from Khan after his struggle towards Kell Brook on the Manchester Enviornment. Khan’s pattern returned an antagonistic analytical discovering for ostarine, a substance listed on the World Anti-Doping Company’s (WADA) 2022 Prohibited Record as an anabolic agent and is prohibited in sports activities always.
Khan was charged with two violations, 1) presence of a prohibited substance and a pair of) use of a prohibited substance. Khan accepted the violations charged however maintained that his ingestion of ostarine was not intentional. As a consequence his case was referred to the Nationwide Anti-Doping Panel to be thought of by an unbiased tribunal.
Khan’s case was heard by the unbiased tribunal on January 24 and in its written choice dated February 21, the UKAD panel discovered each violations proved, concluded that Khan had established that they weren’t intentional and imposed a two-year ban on him. The panel additionally disqualified Khan’s end result from the bout towards Brook.
Khan’s two-year ban is deemed to have commenced on April 6, 2022 (the date his provisional suspension was imposed) and can expire on April 5, 2024.
Khan, 36, retired after his KOs loss to Brook. He advised the BBC that he has by no means cheated in his life and has no plans for a comeback.
Talking on the case, UKAD Chief Government Jane Rumble stated: “This case serves as a reminder that UKAD will diligently pursue anti-doping rule violations in an effort to defend clear sport.”
“Strict legal responsibility means athletes are in the end chargeable for what they ingest and for the presence of any prohibited substances in a pattern. It is vital that every one athletes and their assist personnel, no matter stage they’re competing at, take their anti-doping tasks severely. Not doing so dangers damaging not solely an athlete’s profession, but additionally undermining public confidence in clear sport.”
