In a significant blow to Indian sports activities tradition, over 20 athletes failed dope exams on the Goa National Games 2023 held in October-November. The thirty seventh version of India’s greatest multi-sport match was held in Goa the place Maharashtra claimed victory with record-breaking 228 medals.
According to a report from PTI, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has handed provisional suspension to the vast majority of responsible athletes. Nine observe and discipline athletes and 7 weightlifters are among the many sportspersons to fail the doping test. Many of the accused have gained the medals on the National Games and a few of them are international-level gamers.
Commonwealth Games medalist Vandana Gupta of Uttar Pradesh and Manipur’s Cyclist Anita Devi are among the many high-profile names to fail the dope test, based on a PTI report. Anita Devi was a part of the Manipur girls’s workforce that gained the gold medal in the 4km race. She has been handed a provisional suspension after a discovering of banned drug 19-Norandrosterone, an anabolic androgenic steroid, in her urine samples.
“Yes, seven weightlifters have failed dope tests during the Goa National Games and there could be more in the coming days,” a supply from the Indian Weightlifting Federation informed PTI.
This is the primary time in National Games historical past that over 20 gamers failed dope exams. Ten athletes had been discovered responsible in the earlier 2022 version in Gujarat and recorded 16 through the 2015 version in Kerala.
Maharashtra continent dominated the thirty seventh version of the National Sports with a record-staggering 228 medals, together with 80 golds to say the celebrated Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy in Goa. Former champions Services Sports Control Board completed second with 66 golds whereas Haryana bagged 62 to clinch the final spot on the rostrum.
