{"id":14450,"date":"2024-03-04T06:09:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T06:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/dillian-whyte-relief-at-being-cleared-to-return-after-positive-drugs-test\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T06:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T06:09:21","slug":"dillian-whyte-relief-at-being-cleared-to-return-after-positive-drugs-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/dillian-whyte-relief-at-being-cleared-to-return-after-positive-drugs-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillian Whyte ‘relief at being cleared to return’ after positive drugs test"},"content":{"rendered":"


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British heavyweight Dillian Whyte says he is “relieved” that an investigation has shown his positive drugs test was caused by a contaminated supplement.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 35-year-old’s rematch against Anthony Joshua in August was cancelled<\/a> after he returned “an adverse finding” from a test.<\/p>\n

Whyte said he unintentionally ingested a banned substance.<\/p>\n

“It’s been really tough because I knew I was innocent,” he told Sky Sports., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sky Sports says it has seen documentation from a forensic expert concluding that a nutritional supplement taken by Whyte did not disclose all of its ingredients, which included a prohibited substance.<\/p>\n

Whyte said “more than 45 things” were tested, including toothpaste, shampoo and deodorant, to try and find the source of the contamination.<\/p>\n

He said: “I’m relieved more than anything, but of course I’m angry as well because it’s cost me so much.<\/p>\n

“The most important thing is it cost me the chance to beat AJ. Everything else after that is secondary.<\/p>\n

“I’m a private person and I had to open up my whole life to the investigation. To clear your name – that is the most important thing and that’s what we’ve done.”<\/p>\n

The Texas Department of Licencing and Regulation, which licenses Whyte, has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

Whyte beat compatriot Joshua by decision as an amateur in 2009 to start what became a bitter rivalry.<\/p>\n

Joshua beat Whyte by seventh-round knockout in their 2015 professional bout.<\/p>\n

Olympic gold medallist Joshua went on to become a two-time world champion, while Whyte lost his only world title challenge, against Tyson Fury in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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