Anti-doping body probing one sample involving Sukma athlete

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Doping Agency (Adamas) is investigating an ‘Atypical Finding’ (ATF) case involving an athlete who took part in the 20th Malaysia Games (Sukma), which was held from Sept 16 to 24.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) in a statement yesterday stated that out of a total of 252 urine samples tested during the Games, all of them showed negative results, except for one case of ATF.

KBS said all the samples were sent to the Anti-Doping Lab Qatar (Adlo), a laboratory recognised by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), for the purpose of analysis and evaluation of the ‘Steroidal Passport, Athlete Biological Passport’ (ABP) module.

“All these samples were handled in accordance with the provisions contained in the Adamas AntiDoping Regulations 2021 where the rights of athletes are given priority during doping control testing,” said the statement.

ATF refers to laboratory reports receiving Wada accreditation that require further investigation as set by international standards for laboratories or relevant technical documents prior to the determination of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF).

AAF means a report from a laboratory that has Wada accreditation identifying the presence of a prohibited substance (metabolite or marker) or evidence of the use of a prohibited method in a sample.

In September, the Malaysian Weightli ing Federation (PABM) withdrew from conducting weightli ing events for the Sukma a er three weightli ers from two states tested positive for the use of banned substances.

The Sukma weightli ing competition was then managed by the National Sports Council (MSN), but any records set were not recognised.