2017 Ashgabat Games gold medallist provisionally suspended due to Human Growth Hormone (hGH)

Djangabaev has been provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation after as International Weightlifting Federation announced Rustam Jangaboev’s sample returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Growth Hormone (hGH) (S2. Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances and Mimetics) on Thursday.

In any case, where it is determined that the Athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, the relevant decision will also be published.

Last year, Olympic -105kg gold medallist Uzbek Ruslan Nurudinov tested positive for anabolic steroids and provisionally suspended.