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30 January 2025

ITA sanctions boxer Kristina Nad Varga with a 3-year period of ineligibility for the presence of a prohibited substance

The International Testing Agency (ITA) reports that Serbian Boxer Kristina Nad Varga has been sanctioned with a three-year period of ineligibility after testing positive for the metabolites of the prohibited substance stanozolol.

The ITA confirms that Kristina Nad Varga has been suspended for a three-year period after testing positive for stanozolol metabolites (classified under S.1.1 anabolic androgenic steroids as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list). The positive sample was collected on behalf of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in the scope of an in-competition control on 19 October 2024 during the 2024 U23 European Boxing Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Kristina Nad Varga did not challenge the Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) and agreed with the consequences proposed by the ITA. Due to her early admission, the athlete is entitled to a one-year reduction in the otherwise four-year period of ineligibility usually imposed for an ADRV for the presence of stanozolol metabolites as set forth in article 10.8.1 of the IBA ADR.¹  Accordingly, this case was resolved via an acceptance of consequences pursuant to article 8.3.1 of the IBA ADR. The athlete’s period of ineligibility runs until 12 November 2027 and the competition results obtained by Kristina Nad Varga at the 2024 U23 European Boxing Championships and after the positive test of 19 October 2024 are disqualified.

¹Article 10.8.1 of the IBA ADR (and World Anti-Doping Code) provides for a  “One-Year Reduction for Certain Anti-Doping Rule Violations Based on Early Admission and Acceptance of Sanction”: Where an Athlete or other Person, after being notified by IBA of a potential anti-doping rule violation that carries an asserted period of Ineligibility of four (4) or more, admits the violation and accepts the asserted period of Ineligibility no later than twenty (20) days after receiving notice of an anti-doping rule violation charge, the Athlete or other Person may receive a one-year reduction in the period of Ineligibility asserted by IBA. Where the Athlete or other Person receives the one-year reduction in the asserted period of Ineligibility under this Article 10.8.1, no further reduction in the asserted period of Ineligibility shall be allowed under any other Article.

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