Tokyo Games: Two Olympic potential athletes NADA dope test at Indian Grand Prix

Two athletes who were in contention for the Olympic Games failed in the dope test conducted at the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala last month, Naveen Aggarwal, director general of the National Anti-Doping Agency, revealed on Saturday. It is understood that one of the athletes is a high-profile women’s quarter-miler who has won several gold medals in the 4×400-meter relay event and was to be part of the Tokyo-bound team. However, neither the NADA nor the Athletics Federation of India have split any names.

“I cannot comment on the names, but we collected samples during the Grand Prix in Patiala. There are some positive cases, but I cannot say anything further,” Aggarwal told PTI on Saturday.

“Since this is an Olympic year, our focus is only on the main Olympic prospects who will be tested regularly. This year we are not going to test anyone below the senior national level,” he said. They said.

The prohibited substance in question is the stimulant (energy-booster) methylxane-2-amine which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list published in 2021.

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So far, the athlete in question has not been given provisional suspension, but has been granted that he and other offenders will have to appear before the NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) and prove that the banned substance was inadvertently taken. went.

Sanction for this offense is a ban of between two and four years but the athlete has a chance to revoke the suspension from the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP), the high body of the NDA.