Pakistan-origin British boxer Amir, who became famous after he won a medal in the 2004 Olympics, has been banned from all sports for two years for anti-doping violations.
The UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) announced the shocking news. According to UKAD, Amir was found positive for taking ostarine (an anabolic agent which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) 2022 Prohibited List), a substance that has similar effects as testosterone. Thus, he has been banned from boxing from April 2022 to April 2024.
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Last April, UKAD said it notified Khan that he may have committed Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) and issued him with a provisional suspension from all Code-compliant sports on the same date.
Khan was subsequently charged with two violations of anti-doping rules for the presence of a prohibited substance and the use of a prohibited substance.
The athlete has, however, clarified that he had taken the substance well before the fight and in a very small amount and thus it had no effect on his fight. He also said that he is retired and has no plans to make a comeback thus a ban is not really understandable.
He said while talking to Sky Sports, “I’ve never cheated. But I’ve got a two-year ban now, which is quite strange and funny because I’m already retired anyway. There’s no comeback planned at all. But I’ve never cheated and I never will. That’s just not something I would do.”
