NEW DELHI: The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Tuesday passed a four-year ban on Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu for failing a dope take a look at closing 12 months.
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Sanjita had examined certain for an anabolic steroid — Drostanolone Metabolite — which options within the World Anti-doping Agency’s (wada) prohibited checklist, all the way through the in-competition checking out on the National Games in Gujarat in September-October closing 12 months.
The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Sahdev Yadav showed the advance.
“Yes, she has been handed a four-year ban by NADA,” he informed PTI.
This is a big setback for Sanjita, who will probably be stripped of the National Games silver medal because of the certain take a look at.
Sanjita had received gold in 48kg forward of Mirabai Chanu on the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. At the 2018 version in Gold Coast, she was once topped champion within the 53kg class.
The Manipuri nonetheless has the approach to enchantment the verdict. However, it isn’t positive if she’s going to make a selection to take action.
“I have already experienced this, why will I dope again and go through this again? I don’t know if I want to appeal or not. In both cases I will lose.
“If I enchantment it’ll take time to transparent my title and I can lose out at the likelihood to qualify for the Olympics and Asian Games. If I do not I can be suspended,” she had told PTI in January.
It is not the first time that the 2011 Asian Championship bronze medalist finds herself embroiled in a dope controversy.
She had been banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in 2018 after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid testosterone prior to the World Championships in the US in November 2017.
In 2020, the world body, however, dropped the doping charge against Sanjita due to “non-conformities” in the handling of her sample.
“I’ve been on this state of affairs ahead of. But It’s not that i am in a position to know how this has came about. Since that incident, I’ve been very cautious about my vitamin and the whole thing. I test my dietary supplements moderately and ask if they’re freed from all dope she had mentioned.
Sanjita may now not be reached for her touch upon the newest construction.
(With inputs from PTI)
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Sanjita had examined certain for an anabolic steroid — Drostanolone Metabolite — which options within the World Anti-doping Agency’s (wada) prohibited checklist, all the way through the in-competition checking out on the National Games in Gujarat in September-October closing 12 months.
The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Sahdev Yadav showed the advance.
“Yes, she has been handed a four-year ban by NADA,” he informed PTI.
This is a big setback for Sanjita, who will probably be stripped of the National Games silver medal because of the certain take a look at.
Sanjita had received gold in 48kg forward of Mirabai Chanu on the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. At the 2018 version in Gold Coast, she was once topped champion within the 53kg class.
The Manipuri nonetheless has the approach to enchantment the verdict. However, it isn’t positive if she’s going to make a selection to take action.
“I have already experienced this, why will I dope again and go through this again? I don’t know if I want to appeal or not. In both cases I will lose.
“If I enchantment it’ll take time to transparent my title and I can lose out at the likelihood to qualify for the Olympics and Asian Games. If I do not I can be suspended,” she had told PTI in January.
It is not the first time that the 2011 Asian Championship bronze medalist finds herself embroiled in a dope controversy.
She had been banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in 2018 after she tested positive for the anabolic steroid testosterone prior to the World Championships in the US in November 2017.
In 2020, the world body, however, dropped the doping charge against Sanjita due to “non-conformities” in the handling of her sample.
“I’ve been on this state of affairs ahead of. But It’s not that i am in a position to know how this has came about. Since that incident, I’ve been very cautious about my vitamin and the whole thing. I test my dietary supplements moderately and ask if they’re freed from all dope she had mentioned.
Sanjita may now not be reached for her touch upon the newest construction.
(With inputs from PTI)