Erdenezul Buyandelger, who competed in the women’s weightlifting competition, has been provisionally suspended by the International Testing Agency (ITA) after being found to have violated anti-doping rules.

The ITA has announced that the 19-year-old lifter returned an adverse analytical finding for drostanolone metabolite, a steroid that is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list.

The sample in question was collected by the ITA during an out-of-competition anti-doping test conducted on October 1.

It came a day after she competed in Group B of the women’s 55 kilograms category where she placed 12th following a snatch lift of 70kg and a clean and jerk of 87kg for a total of 157kg.

"The athlete has been informed of the case and has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect," a statement from the ITA read.

"She has the right to request the analysis of the B-sample.

"The matter will thereafter be referred to the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport for adjudication under the OCA [Olympic Council of Asia] anti-doping rules.

"Given that the case is underway, there will be no further comments during the ongoing proceeding."

The announcement comes just a day after it was revealed that Turkmenistan’s Tejen Tejenov, who claimed kurash silver, had tested positive for doping.

Uzbek cyclist Aleksey Fomovskiy, Afghan boxer Mohammad Khaibar Nooristani, Saudi Arabia's long-distance runner Mohammed Yousef Al-Asiri and Ariana Evangelista, a mountain bike rider from the Philippines, have also all failed drug tests during Hangzhou 2022.

It is the first time the ITA is supporting the anti-doping programme at an Asian Games after signing a partnership with the OCA last year.