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Tag: Doping

Minors form 8.2 per cent of Indian athletes ineligible to compete due to dope positives
Doping

Minors form 8.2 per cent of Indian athletes ineligible to compete due to dope positives

G RajaramanSeptember 20, 2024September 20, 2024

Delhi sprinter Abhi Sirohi, who has not yet turned 14 years of age, is among the 100-plus athletes who are…

Teenager Parvej Khan attracts provisional suspension after positive EPO test
Athletics Doping

Teenager Parvej Khan attracts provisional suspension after positive EPO test

G RajaramanAugust 30, 2024September 26, 2024

Middle-distance runner Parvej Khan, hailed as India’s latest track sensation after his exploits in the NCAA circuit in the United…

WADA Investigators Force India to Bridge Gaps in Anti-Doping Programme
Doping

WADA Investigators Force India to Bridge Gaps in Anti-Doping Programme

G RajaramanJuly 19, 2023July 20, 2023

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), made aware of its inadequate whereabouts and testing by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has had…

ADAP raises eyebrows by reducing Shivpal Singh’s anti-doping ban by 25 per cent to one year
Doping

ADAP raises eyebrows by reducing Shivpal Singh’s anti-doping ban by 25 per cent to one year

G RajaramanJanuary 16, 2023January 16, 2023

The National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel’s (ADAP) decision to set aside the order of the Ant-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADAP) and reduce…

Gomathi gets four-year ban
Athletics Doping

Gomathi gets four-year ban

G RajaramanJune 9, 2020June 10, 2020

A little over a year after she caught the imagination of fans of sport in India with a gold-medal winning…

WADA serves a shocker, suspends NDTL for six months for non-compliance
Athletics Doping

WADA serves a shocker, suspends NDTL for six months for non-compliance

G RajaramanAugust 24, 2019August 24, 2019

The worst fears of India’s anti-doping community came true in the dark night intervening Thursday and Friday. World Anti-Doping Agency…

NDTL reports massive spike in dope positives (AAFs) in 2019
Doping

NDTL reports massive spike in dope positives (AAFs) in 2019

G RajaramanJune 9, 2019June 9, 2019

There is a massive spike in the positives reported by the National Dope Testing Laboratory in 2019. In the first…

NDTL does not come out smelling of roses: Gomathi case
Athletics Doping

NDTL does not come out smelling of roses: Gomathi case

G RajaramanMay 23, 2019May 23, 2019

The National Dope Control Laboratory (NDTL) has not come out smelling of roses, being slack in reporting results of testing…

Doping is back in Indian weightlifting
Doping

Doping is back in Indian weightlifting

G RajaramanApril 13, 2019April 6, 2020

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