Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has been handed a two-year ban from all sport after testing constructive for a prohibited substance, UK Anti-Doping stated on Tuesday.
Khan, 36, returned a constructive end result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022.
Ostarine is a drug designed to have related results to testosterone. Khan, who introduced his retirement in Could final yr, accepted a violation of anti-doping guidelines however stated he had not deliberately ingested the substance, an argument accepted by an unbiased panel following a listening to in January.
The ban is deemed to have commenced on 6 April 2022, when his provisional suspension was imposed, and can expire on 5 April 2024.
Khan turned a family title in Britain after claiming a silver medal on the 2004 Athens Olympics, aged simply 17.
He made his skilled debut in July 2005 and 4 years later received the WBA light-welterweight title with victory over Andreas Kotelnik in Manchester.
Khan unified the WBA and IBF titles with a win over Zab Judah in 2011 however controversially misplaced his subsequent struggle to Lamont Peterson, who would subsequently take a look at constructive for artificial testosterone.
He retired with a report of 34 wins and 6 defeats from 40 bouts. UKAD chief govt Jane Rumble stated: “This case serves as a reminder that UKAD will diligently pursue anti-doping rule violations in an effort to defend clear sport.”
