The doping problem has returned to haunt the Indian athletic community as numerous athletes, including shot putter Karanveer Singh and national inter-state 400-meter champion Anjali Devi, have tested positive for drugs.
The two also withdrew from the Asian Athletics Championship, which is presently taking place in Bangkok and in which India has already won numerous medals.
This information was discovered a day after the National Anti-Doping Agency served notice on renowned Indian wrestler VineshPhogat for her “apparent failure” to follow the Anti-Doping Rules regarding her whereabouts. She was given two weeks to answer.
The 2020 National women’s 59kg champion lifter ErraDeexitha and discus thrower Kirpal Singh, among others, are on the list of athletes who failed drug tests last year.
The list of athletes who would be temporarily suspended starting on January 1, 2023 is in the possession of the PTI.
Anjali tested positive for GW1516, according to the list of competitors from several sports who have been suspended. While Karanveer tested positive for methandienone and the SARMS enobosarm, Kirpal tested positive for stanozolol.
Anjali Patel, the national youth women’s 45kg champion lifter, Malak Singh, the light single scull champion rower at the Khelo India University Games, several judokas, and numerous bodybuilders and powerlifters are also on the list.Regarding Vinesh, she was one of the major protestors against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the head of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), who has been accused of sexual harassment by the wrestlers. The anti-doping regulations are broken after three failures in a calendar year.
List of athletes provisionally suspended from various sports Athletics: Sujit Tikode (banned substance: stanozolol), RuhiBhora (GW1516), Ankit (drostanolone), Arathi R. (drostanolone), Himani Chandel (drostanolone), Karanveer Singh (methandienone, SARMS enobosarm), Kirpal Singh (stanozolol), Anjali Devi (GW1516)