THE sledgehammer of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has hit Nigeria’s Para powerlifter, Kafilat Almaruf.
Kafilat Almaruf has been banned for a period of three years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (the Code).
Almarf returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for the administration of an anabolic agent in a urine sample provided out-of-competition on 11 July 2024. She was provisionally suspended by the IPC on 19 August 2024 pending a resolution of her case.
Almaruf’s urine sample was analysed using a specialised type of analysis, known as Gas Chromatography/Combustion/Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS), that differentiates between anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) naturally produced by the body and prohibited anabolic agents of external origin. The GC/C/IRMS analysis confirmed the presence of an anabolic agent of exogenous origin in Almaruf’s urine sample.
Exogenous anabolic steroids are included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2024 Prohibited List under the class S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) and are prohibited at all times.
This means that Kafilat Almaruf will not be part of the LA 2028 Team Nigeria Paralympic Games contingent.
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