Doston Rajabov
Introduction
Doston Rajabov is an Uzbek shot putter who received a five-year suspension for doping from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the body that investigates anti-doping rule violations in the sport. According to the announcement reported by Mundo Deportivo, the AIU identified the presence or use of three prohibited substances in his case: a metabolite of dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT), a metabolite of drostanolone, and octodrine. The suspension began on September 17, 2026, and as a consequence, Rajabov’s competitive results have been disqualified from April 26, 2026 onward. His case was the fourth of four doping sanctions the AIU published on Thursday, October 29, 2026, alongside decisions against three Ethiopian athletes, including distance runner Mosisa Siyoum.
Background Information
The AIU’s announcement comprised four disciplinary decisions against athletes from Ethiopia and Uzbekistan for different anti-doping rule violations, with penalties ranging from four months to eight years of ineligibility and the annulment of results from dates in 2025 and 2026 for all affected athletes. Rajabov was the only Uzbek athlete in the group. The source article provides no age, club affiliation, or career history for Rajabov, and it does not describe how the case against him arose beyond the AIU’s identification of the three prohibited substances.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Banned five years for doping. The Athletics Integrity Unit suspended the Uzbek shot putter for five years from September 17, 2026, after identifying the presence or use of three prohibited substances, and disqualified his competitive results from April 26, 2026.
The AIU published the four decisions on Thursday, October 29, 2026. The most severe resolution fell on Ethiopian distance runner Mosisa Siyoum, who received an eight-year suspension from May 5, 2026, after EPO was detected in a urine sample and he presented false medical documentation to justify the substance, which constituted an additional tampering violation. Two further Ethiopians, Sofiya Shemsu Chegen and Gelaye Atinkut, received four-month suspensions each for the presence of methylprednisolone, a corticosteroid medication; both sanctions began on August 27, 2026, with results disqualified from May 25, 2025.
The fourth resolution concerned Rajabov. According to the reporting, the AIU identified the presence or use of three prohibited substances in his case: a metabolite of dehydrochloromethyltestosterone, a metabolite of drostanolone, and octodrine. The announcement covered both the presence and the use of the substances without distinguishing between them, and it listed all three simply as prohibited substances rather than describing their individual effects.
The disposition followed from those findings. Rajabov’s suspension was set at five years, beginning September 17, 2026, and all of his competitive results from April 26, 2026 onward were disqualified. Mundo Deportivo noted that the punishments across the four decisions ranged from four months to eight years, with results annulled from dates in 2025 and 2026 for every sanctioned athlete. The article did not report a sample-collection date, laboratory finding, or hearing specific to Rajabov, and no aggravating circumstances like those in Siyoum’s case were described.
Public Reaction and Consequences
No public response from Rajabov was reported: the Mundo Deportivo account contained no statement from the athlete, his representatives, or any Uzbek athletics body, and the announcement carried no quoted comment from any party. The consequences were those stated in the decisions themselves: a five-year period of ineligibility beginning September 17, 2026, and the disqualification of competitive results from April 26, 2026 onward. The reporting presented the measures as announced decisions of the AIU rather than provisional measures, and it recorded no reaction from federations, meet organizers, or other athletes.
Current Status
As of the source reporting, published October 31, 2026, the five-year suspension was in effect from September 17, 2026, and Rajabov’s results stood disqualified from April 26, 2026. The report did not mention an appeal by Rajabov or any review of the decision, and no later development was included in it. The sanction leaves him ineligible for the five-year term stated in the announcement. The other three decisions in the same publication were likewise reported without any stated challenge.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The consequences documented in the reporting are competitive: Rajabov is unable to take part in the sport for five years from September 17, 2026, and every result from April 26, 2026 onward has been struck from his record. Because the source article contains no details about his age, club, titles, or placings, no wider career effects can be stated. The sanction was announced as one of four, but the consequences described for Rajabov individually were limited to the five-year term and the result disqualifications.
Sources
- “La AIU anuncia cuatro nuevas sanciones por dopaje, incluyendo una durísima suspensión de ocho años para el etíope Mosisa Siyoum” source