The South African Institute for Drugfree Sport (SAIDS) conducted sample collection during the Arnold Classic Africa in Johannesburg in May 2019. As a result SAIDS reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Italian bodybuilder Alessandro Balsamo for his refusal to submit to sample collection without compelling justification.
After notification in May 2019 a provisional suspension was ordered by the International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness (IFBB).
Consequently the IFBB Anti-Doping Commission finds that the Athlete intentionally committed an anti-doping rule violation and decides on 8 July 2019 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 30 May 2019.
