Disqualification decision Irina Alekseeva for a year can be compared to the rejection of almost all charges, the manager of Russian UFC fighter Alexander Skaredin told .
Earlier, the UFC press service reported that the Russian was suspended for 12 months due to the presence of exogenous testosterone in her doping samples. Alekseeva, 34, is a world champion in sambo, has been competing in mixed martial arts since 2019 and made her UFC debut in 2023.
“In fact, I can say that for us, the current decision is almost equivalent to dropping the charges.” Eight years ago, we were in the test pool – all tests were clean, after July, all tests were also clean. Most likely, it is a contaminated sports drink. This is something that professional athletes should pay very close attention to. In general, nothing worse will happen to us than what happened. We had planned that Irina would fight no earlier than mid-autumn,” Skaredin told .
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) reported the test results to the athlete and the UFC only on October 31, 2023, and Alekseeva managed to perform at the UFC tournament in Las Vegas. On October 14, she fought in Las Vegas and was defeated by American Melissa Mullins.
Alekseeva’s disqualification period begins on October 15, 2023.
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Source : MatchTV
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