New Delhi: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu has been handed a four-year ban by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) for failing a dope check final yr. Sanjita had examined optimistic for an anabolic steroid – Drostanolone Metabolite – that options within the World Anti-doping Agency’s (WADA) prohibited record, in the course of the in-competition testing on the National Games in Gujarat in September-October final yr.
Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) president Sahdev Yadav confirmed the event. “Yes, she has been handed a four-year ban by NADA,” he informed PTI information company.
This a is a big setback for Sanjita, who will likely be stripped of the National Games silver medal on account of the optimistic check. Sanjita couldn’t be reached for her remark.
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 topped champion within the 53kg class.
The Manipuri nonetheless has the choice to attraction the choice. However, it’s not certain if she is going to select to take action. “I’ve already skilled this, why will I dope once more and undergo this once more? I don’t know if I wish to attraction or not. In each instances I’ll lose.
“If I appeal it will take time to clear my name and I will lose out on the chance to qualify for the Olympics and Asian Games. If I don’t I will be suspended,” she had informed PTI in January.
It isn’t the primary time that the 2011 Asian Championship bronze medallist finds herself embroiled in a dope controversy. She had been banned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in 2018 after she examined optimistic for anabolic steroid testosterone previous to the World Championships within the US in November 2017.
In 2020, the world physique, nonetheless, dropped the doping cost in opposition to Sanjita on account of ‘non-conformities’ within the dealing with of her pattern. “I have been in this situation before. But I am not able to understand how this has happened. Since that incident, I have been very careful about my diet and everything. I check my supplements carefully and ask if they are free of all dope,” she had mentioned.
