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28-year-old Iraqi judoka suspended for steroid abuse in Olympic doping scandal

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A doping scandal has already Olympic Games in Pariswith 28-year-old Iraqi judoka Sajjad See accused of gaining mass with the help of anabolic steroids, RadarOnline.com can report.

Hours before the opening ceremony International Testing Agency said samples taken from the judo fighter earlier this week tested positive for methandienone and boldenone: synthetic forms of testosterone used to increase muscle mass and strength.

In the run-up to his Olympic debut, Sehen was scheduled to compete in the men’s 81-kilogram class next Tuesday against an opponent from Uzbekistan, the 28-year-old Boltaboev Sharofiddin.

The ITA, a non-profit organization that administers the International Olympic Committee’s anti-doping program during the Games, wrote in a Press release on Friday: “The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 pending resolution of the matter.”

Due to his provisional suspension, Sehen was barred from competition, training and coaching, as well as from participating in all Olympic activities this summer.

The organization stated that the athlete had “the right to challenge the imposition of a provisional suspension before the Court of Arbitration for Sport – Anti-Doping Division” and could request “the analysis” of the sample.

“As the proceedings are ongoing, there will be no further comment while the proceedings are ongoing.”

View profile on the Olympic website lists the athlete as a first-time Olympian and two-time 2023 World Championship bronze medalist. His statistics also show that he won the bronze medal at the 2023 Arab Games in Algiers, Algeria and faced the 2024 World Champion at the 2018 World Championships in Baku. Hidayet Heydarov.

Independent anti-doping initiatives led by the ITA investigated more than 65 international sports federations and major event organizers last year and identified 485 “potential anti-doping rule violations,” the organization said. The findings were based on at least 15,000 athletes from whom more than 40,000 samples were taken.

“These significant operating figures confirm the ITA’s status as the world’s largest organization dedicated to the implementation of clean sports activities at the international level.”

During the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the ITA found doping in six athletes out of 6,200 samples collected.

In the meantime, as RadarOnline.com reportedThere were a series of arson attacks on the French high-speed rail network, bringing traffic to a standstill and exposing the city to security problems.

The unknown attackers damaged the cables of substations that connect the capital to Lille, Bordeaux and Strasbourg, even though the city centre was swarming with police, military personnel, private security guards and snipers. A second attack planned on the Paris-Marseille line was foiled and no injuries were reported.

The chaotic morning came after the Paris expressed concern that the Summer Olympics would wreak havoc in their city. The city center was declared a “gray zone,” denying residents access and forcing businesses in the zone to close for a week.

While residents complained about having to walk for miles around the 44,000 six-foot-high barriers erected around the city, one teacher complained: “It’s the first time the Olympics are being held in the heart of a city, and maybe the last! Frankly, if this doesn’t ruin Paris, I’ll be surprised.”

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