Team Great Britain (GB) boxer
Muhammad Ali has been provisionally suspended from all international and
domestic competitions after testing positive for a banned steroid, the
international amateur boxing association (AIBA) says.
Photo Credit: GB Boxing/
WSB Ali tested positive during a World Series Boxing match between Morocco
Atlas Lions and British Lionhearts in Casablanca in April. AIBA said on its
website on Thursday it would not make any further comment on the matter until
its anti-doping panel had heard the 21-year-old’s case.
GB Boxing said a member
of its squad had tested positive for a banned substance, although it did not
name Ali. “This is the first time that a member of the GB Boxing squad has
tested positive for a banned substance,” the British boxing organisation said
in a statement. “GB Boxing is committed to clean sport.
“We work in partnership
with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and our International Federation to provide
extensive education and support to our boxers on anti-doping rules, the anti-doping
obligations upon them as athletes and the importance of adhering to the
principles of clean sport.” Ali, a silver medallist at the 2014 World Youth
Championships and 2016 European Championships, lost his first round of the
flyweight competition at last year’s Rio Olympics in Brazil.
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