Italian anti-doping government have suspended Esports athlete Luca Zanasca after he examined certain for the banned steroid Stanozolol in an anti-doping check.
40-year-old Zanasca represented Italy within the 2023 Esports Global Championships after qualifying by the use of the Continental variety procedure. He completed 57th at the back of winner Bjørn Andreasson of Denmark.
He in the past competed in street racing at Continental stage between 2008 and 2012 and lists himself as running as a Senior Supervisor of Building for Assos on Linkedin.
Zanasca rode for Group Castelli pb Elite Esports however the workforce has introduced that he’s going to not compete for the workforce in occasions at the Zwift platform.
The Italian anti-doping government don’t specify when the check used to be taken however Zanasca faces an investigation and trial ahead of any ban from festival is showed. Doping could also be a criminal offense in Italy and so Zanasca additionally dangers a proper police investigation and conceivable prison fees.
He has no longer made any remark since his suspension used to be introduced by means of the Italian anti-doping government. In an interview with the Bicidastrada.it web page, ahead of the 2023 Esports Global Championships, Zanasca defined how variety for the Italian nationwide workforce intended he had transform a part of the anti-doping checking out pool.
“Till the top of the month I’ve were given to act like a professional rider: ADAMS, whereabouts and a 60-minute checking out window,” he mentioned in February.
If discovered responsible of doping, Zanasca faces a ban of as much as 4 years.