{"id":1163462,"date":"2022-08-02T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T12:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/02\/ghana-boxer-tests-positive-for-banned-substance\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T12:37:37","slug":"ghana-boxer-tests-positive-for-banned-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/02\/ghana-boxer-tests-positive-for-banned-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana boxer tests positive for banned substance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image_2022-08-01_071644776.png\"   alt=\"Shakul Samed\" title=\"Shakul Samed\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: Myjoyonline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Commonwealth Games Federation Anti-Doping and Medical Commission has confirmed that the sample of Shakul Samed, a boxer from Ghana, violated anti-doping rules for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>Samed has the unfortunate honour of becoming the first athlete at this year\u2019s Games to fail a doping test.<\/p>\n<p>His Sample \u2018A\u2019 was found to contain a prohibited substance (diuretic and masking agent \u2013 furosemide). He has, therefore. been suspended with immediate effect. He and the Ghana Commonwealth Games Association have been informed.<\/p>\n<p>He will now have the opportunity to provide further information, including requesting analysis of his B sample, before any charge is issued. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Shakul had been been billed to fight Jean Luc Rosalba of Mauritius in the Light Heavyweight \u2014 but he is now suspended for suspected doping.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Commonwealth Games Federation says it has \u201ca zero tolerance policy to doping in sport\u201d, adding that they \u201cseek to maintain the integrity of the Commonwealth Games by running a comprehensive anti-doping programme that focuses equally on education, prevention and testing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Fndea1osjY4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Plight of Underprivileged Children - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (2-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fndea1osjY4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source: Myjoyonline The Commonwealth Games Federation Anti-Doping and Medical Commission has confirmed that the sample of Shakul Samed, a boxer from Ghana, violated anti-doping rules for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Samed has the unfortunate honour of becoming the first athlete at this year\u2019s Games to fail a doping test. His Sample \u2018A\u2019 was found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1163464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1915,575,85,191,5884,2218],"class_list":["post-1163462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-banned","tag-boxer","tag-ghana","tag-positive","tag-substance","tag-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}