Powerlifter Lasha Alelishvili has been banned for two years after a positive test for banned substance tamoxifen ©Getty Images

Para powerlifter Lasha Alelishvili has been banned for two years after tamoxifen was found in a urine sample he provided at the European Open Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia last year.

Tamoxifen, an estrogen receptor modulator, which is used to treat cancers, is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited list.

Alelishvili, who represents Georgia, is ineligible from all sporting competition and activities between March 9 2023 and March 8 2025.

Alelishvili’s results from the date of sample collection through to the start of his provisional suspension have been disqualified.

Alelishvili has accepted that he committed an anti-doping rule violation and the resulting two-year ban ©Getty Images
Alelishvili has accepted that he committed an anti-doping rule violation and the resulting two-year ban ©Getty Images

At the 2021 Para Powerlifting Senior World Championships, also in Tbilisi, Alelishvili placed 27th in the men’s up-to-65 kilograms category.  

Alelishvili has accepted that he committed an anti-doping rule violation and the ban imposed for the breach of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Anti-Doping Code.

In issuing the ban, the IPC said: "Each athlete is strictly liable for the substances found in their sample. 

"As a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code, the IPC remains committed to a doping-free sporting environment at all levels."