Last Updated: October 23, 2023, 08:41 IST
The Boxing Federation of India is optimistic of a beneficial decision. (AFP Photo)
The involved boxer was reportedly in a disturbed frame of mind throughout that point as one among her dad and mom had been identified with a critical medical situation.
A feminine Indian boxer is prone to being stripped of her Asian Games medal and Paris Olympics quota after she was handed a discover for a number of whereabouts failure by the International Testing Agency (ITA).
The pugilist didn’t file her whereabouts within the interval earlier than the continental multi-sport occasion. If discovered responsible, she may face a most two-yr ban which could be lowered to a minimal of 1 yr relying on the diploma of her fault moreover shedding her Asian Games medal and Paris Olympic quota.
The ITA was roped in by the Olympic Council of Asia to assist in administering the anti-doping programme on the Hangzhou Asian Games, together with the Results Management course of.
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The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is, nevertheless, optimistic of a beneficial decision of the matter.
“The notice was for the period before the Asian Games and the federation got to know about it only after the Games. The boxer was in a disturbed state of mind during that time as one of her parents had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition,” a BFI official aware of the event instructed PTI.
“The BFI legal team has been intimated, it is looking into the matter. There should not be an issue (like taking away the medal or Olympic quota) as we will explain the reason for the failure,” the official added.
Athletes who a part of the Registered Testing Pool (RTP) are required to submit quarterly whereabouts updates.
According to WADA guidelines, “any combination of three whereabouts failures (filing failure and/or missed test) within a period of 12 months constitute an anti-doping rule violation, for which the applicable sanction is 2 years’ ineligibility subject to a reduction to a minimum of 1 year depending on your degree of fault.”
The Indian boxing contingent returned with 4 Olympic quotas — all within the girls’s classes — and 5 medals, together with a silver received by world champion Lovlina Borgohain from the Asian Games.
India recorded its greatest-ever efficiency on the Asian Games, which concluded earlier this month with athletes from the nation bagging a haul of 107 medals, together with 28 gold.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
