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Dope found in Azeri wrestler Khizir Durgayev’s blood

14 March 2007 [13:26] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani wrestler Khizir Durgayev tested positive for a banned substance, sports officials said Wednesday.

Blood test taken after the international tournament in Ukraine had positive result. World Anti-doping Agency officer announced after the test that illicit norandrosteron drug had been found in the blood of our wrestler. If test B results positive, Durgayev may be put in custody for at least a year.

This is not the first case in Azeri wrestling. Greco-Roman wrestler Husameddin Radjabov was forbidden to join international tournament for a year after he failed a doping test in 2006. APA-Sport

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