Frank Chamizo has reportedly been stripped of his 2022 World Bronze medal and given a three-month suspension after failing a drug test following September's World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. According to a Eurosport article published today, Chamizo has already served that suspension. As a result of this suspension, Turkey's Soner Demirtas is now a 2022 World Bronze medalist at 74 kg.

While it has been confirmed that Chamizo failed a drug test, it is unclear what substance he was taking or by how much he failed the test. Eurosport speculates that his low suspension duration may be the result of low percentages of the illegal substance.

Chamizo's run at the 2022 World Championships included victories over Giorgi Sulava of Georgia, Seungbong Lee of Korea, Hetik Cabolov of Serbia, and new bronze medalist Soner Demertas of Turkey. He fell in the semifinals to silver medalist Tajmuraz Salkazanov of Slovakia.

Chamizo, the Cuban-born Italian, is a two-time World champion and an Olympic bronze medalist. The 2022 World Bronze would have been Chamizo's 6th World or Olympic medal overall. He has also placed 5th at both the World Championships and Olympic Games. Below is a list of his five remaining medals.

2010 - 55kg World Bronze (Cuba)

2015 - 65kg - World Gold

2016 - 65kg - Olympic Bronze

2017 - 70kg - World Gold

2019 - 74kg - World Silver