TEHRAN - Iranian rower Sara Abdolmaleki and kurash practitioner Melika Omidvand have been banned for three years each for the use of the prohibited substance.

Abdolmaleki was tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid methasterone.

She had claimed a bronze medal in the Canoe Sprint women's KL1 event of the 2022 Asian Para Games.

Abdolmaleki is ineligible from Oct. 25, 2023 to Oct. 24, 2026.

Omidvand was also tested positive for using anabolic steroid Oxandrolone, which resulted in a three-year ban.

She is ineligible from Nov. 19, 2023 until Nov. 18, 2026.

Omidvand had also won a bronze medal in the Women's 87 kg of the 2022 Asian Games.