Russian UFC fighter Irina Alekseeva compared his disqualification due to a positive doping test to the suspension of a figure skater Kamila Valieva .
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.
Earlier, in a conversation with , the athlete thanked the UFC staff for carefully studying her case. Alekseeva will be able to resume her concerts in October.
— Do you understand now why your test gave such a result?
“We ourselves did not understand how this happened. I sent a dietary supplement that I suspected of poor quality, but it is clean, all the tests before and after are also clean. And a month after the positive test, the tests were also clear. It’s the same before the fight and on the day of the fight. We immediately thought it was a mistake, and then I quietly took the samples while the test was going on. It’s similar to the situation with Kamila Valieva, only they didn’t inform her for a month and a half, and I was told about it for four and a half months,” Alekseeva told .
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