Former WBC cruiserweight world champion, Russian Grigori Drozd in a conversation with , he called the accusations against him and him slightly crazy and surreal Alexandra Povetkina by the International Doping Control Agency (ITA).
In mid-September, reports emerged that the ITA had provisionally suspended Drozd, 45, effective September 9 for an anti-doping rule violation he allegedly committed on September 28, 2014. And on Thursday, he It was announced that Povetkin, 45, had also been temporarily suspended by the ITA due to suspected anti-doping rule violations from October 21, 2024. The decision suspension was taken based on a check of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory (LIMS) database. The date of the infraction was October 25, 2014, and the reason for the suspension was “the athlete’s use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or prohibited method.”
“I took everything calmly and with a smile.” What can a person say who finished his career seven years ago and fought his last fight almost ten years ago? On the one hand, it’s nice that they remember my last name. And the unpleasant thing is that it seems surreal. Such procedures should take place within the first two weeks, as is usually the case, but not after 10 years. This all seems strange and very funny. That’s it.
— How do you plan to fight these accusations?
-First of all, I don’t even know who to fight. Second, I focus on completely different things. I don’t think I should do this. I perceive this as another flow of information from America and the West in order to somehow create another scandal.
—Have you discussed this subject with Alexander Povetkin?
— I haven’t discussed it with Sasha. And the situation with Sasha is generally phenomenal. He experienced two years of trials in America and a victory over Don King. He was finally acquitted of this ostarine. I don’t understand at all how they can say anything. But once again, they found something. I repeat, in our case it looks like surreal and light madness,” Drozd told .
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