Ali Asad (wrestler)

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]

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

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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