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Doping ban restored: Athlete Poovamma’s NADA ban in back after ‘error’ allowed her to compete

File Photo - M.R. Poovamma (centre, No. 252), in action.

Poovamma returns to competition early, NADA cuts short suspension

M.R. Poovamma competes during an Inter-State Athletics Championships in Chennai. (File Photo)

Sprinter Archana Suseendran suspended for 18 months

Archana Suseendran (633) at the 36th National Games at Gandhinagar.

Doping: India is number two in WADA report on anti-doping violations; Russia tops again

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), the authority that is responsible for anti-doping matters in the country, tested 1186 samples including 65 blood samples in 2020, a year badly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic that led to fewer testing because of severe restrictions in movement and testing.

Explained: World Athletics new DSD rules and its ban on transgender athletes

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: World Athletics announced the decision, along with the one that concerned barring transgender from its competitions, after its Council meeting.

Dutee Chand tests positive for prohibited substances, provisionally suspended

The 26-year-old Olympian is also the national record holder in the indoor 60m with 7.28s which came at the Indoor Asians in Doha in 2016.

Coach suspended for giving steroid injections to girl athlete

Kirti Bhoite, a sprinter, was initially suspended for four years by the ADDP for testing positive for a steroid in the Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati in 2020. The sanction was reduced to two years later by an appeal panel on the argument that she was unaware of the substances that the coach had given her. (Representative Image)

Shivpal fails to avoid four-year dope ban despite supplement confirming methandienone presence

Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh.

Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur banned for three years for doping

FILE PHOTO: Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been banned for three years for doping.

Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh suspended for four years for doping

FILE PHOTO: Shivpal Singh competes in the men’s javelin throw qualification round at the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium on October 05, 2019.

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