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29 October 2026
The ITA reports that boxer Ahmadjon Saidov has been sanctioned with a two-year period of ineligibility for an ADRV under Article 2.4 of the International Boxing Association Anti-Doping Rules (IBA ADR).¹
Ahmadjon Saidov committed three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period. Pursuant to Article 8.3.3 of the IBA ADR, the ITA issued a sanctioning decision² imposing a period of ineligibility of two years from 20 May 2026 and until 19 May 2028 and the disqualification of competitive results from 1 January 2026.
The decision may be challenged before the appeal division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the parties with a right of appeal in accordance with Article 13.2.3 of the IBA ADR.
The ITA will not comment further on this case.
¹ Athletes included in a Registered Testing Pool (RTP), such as Ahmadjon Saidov, have the obligation to provide daily whereabouts as well as a specific daily 60-minute time slot where they will be available for testing. The purpose is to allow anti-doping organisations to locate athletes for unannounced out-of-competition testing. Any combination of three missed tests (which relate to the athletes’ unavailability with respect to their 60-minute time slot) and/or filing failures (which are caused by the athletes’ failure to provide accurate whereabouts) committed within a twelve-month period amount to an ADRV as per article 2.4 of the IBA ADR and World Anti-Doping Code. The consequences for such ADRV are a period of Ineligibility between one and two years and the disqualification of results obtained since the date of the ADRV, namely the date of the occurrence of third whereabouts failure (article 10.3.2 IBA ADR).
² When an athlete does not challenge the assertion of an ADRV and does not request a hearing, anti-doping organisations have the possibility to issue a written decision sanctioning the athlete and imposing the applicable consequences without having to refer the case to a hearing panel. This is provided in articles 8.3.2 and 8.3.3 of the IBA Anti-Doping Rules and article 8.3 of the World Anti-Doping Code.
