Ali Asad (wrestler)

Ali Asad
Personal information
NationalityPakistan Pakistani
Born (2000-09-02) 2 September 2000 (age 24)
Sport
CountryPakistan
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle wrestling

Ali Asad (born 2 September 2000)[1] is a Pakistani professional wrestler. He was stripped off his bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.[2]

Career

Ali lost to India's Ravi Kumar Dahiya in the semi-final of 2022 Commonwealth Games.;[3] but he managed to win a bronze medal by defeating New Zealand's Suraj Singh.[4] However, he lost his medal after his dope test result came out to be positive. The test was conducted by the authorities before he left Pakistan to participate in the CWG.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ali Asad". Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ali Asad to return CWG bronze after positive dope test". The Express Tribune. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ "CWG 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya wins Indo-Pak bout, beats Pakistan's Asad Ali 12-4 to enter final".
  4. ^ "Ali Asad wins bronze in CWG22 by defeating New Zealand's Suraj Singh". 7 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Pakistani wrestler Ali Asad loses CWG bronze after testing positive for drugs". Bol News. 24 September 2022.


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