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IPC Bans Iraqi Powerlifter Thaer Al Ali For Anti-doping Rule Violation
The International Paralympic Committee: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para powerlifting athlete Thaer Al Ali of Iraq for two years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code). The sanction was determined following a hearing of the Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal (the Tribunal), which has jurisdiction to hear and determine alleged ADRVs under the Code.
The Iraqi athlete returned adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for prohibited substances in a urine sample provided out-of-competition on 19 August 2023 as part of the pre-testing programme at the Dubai 2023 Para Powerlifting World Championships. The prohibited substances were hydrochlorothiazide and its metabolite and chlorothiazide and its metabolite. The substances are included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2023 Prohibited List under the class S5 Diuretics and Masking Agents. They are both listed as Specified Substances for the purposes of the Code.
The athlete was provisionally suspended by the IPC on 23 October 2023 pending a resolution of his case, the IPC informed in a release on Friday.
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