Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 – The ITA notifies basketball player Sami Bzai (Jordan) of an apparent anti-doping rule violation

The International Testing Agency (ITA), mandated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to independently handle areas of the anti-doping program at the Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, including results management, reports that a sample collected from basketball player Sami Bzai from Jordan has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding¹ for dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone metabolite, a non-specified Prohibited Substance, according to the Prohibited List of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The sample was collected by the ITA at the Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 during an in-competition anti-doping control performed on 7 October 2023. The Sample Collection Authority was the China Anti-Doping Agency.

The athlete has been informed of the case. He has the right to request the analysis of the B-samples.

The matter will thereafter be referred to the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) for adjudication under the OCA Anti-Doping Rules.

Given that the case is underway, there will be no further comments during the ongoing proceeding.

List of Anti-Doping Rule Violations at the Asian Games Hangzhou 2022