Judoka Disqualified

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A Georgian judoka and Olympic champion have reportedly been disqualified after positive doping tests.

This is according to news.az.

Georgian wrestler, Olympic Champion Irakli Tsirekidze will face a three-month disqualification due to the results of the special analysis, which revealed stimulant drugs in his blood.
To avoid any inaccuracy in the tests, it was repeated with a few months interval and in both cases the analysis confirmed that Tsirekidze had a prohibited substance in his blood.

Judo politics?

The final round of the Judo European Club Championship will not be held in Tbilisi, the Georgian Judo Federation informed yesterday. The European Judo Union (EJU) sited the recent escalation of the political turmoil between Georgia and Russia and moved the tournament to Budapest, Hungary.

"This decision is final and it won't be altered. The members of the board have unanimously voted for it", the Judo European Federation president Marius Viser of Romania told the Georgian journalists.

The Georgian Judo Federation believes that Russia is behind the controversial decision.

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