Kerala footballer M. Viknesh, who had failed a dope check taken through the National Games in Ahmedabad in October 2022, has been handed a two-year suspension ranging from April 5, 2023.
The ahead, who was dropped from the Kerala staff for the Santosh Trophy’s ultimate part in February this 12 months following the constructive dope check for terbutaline, had appealed the choice of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel given on April 5, 2023.
Terbutaline is an ingredient in lots of cough syrups, however it’s within the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited listing underneath specified substances. Vignesh’s staff had argued {that a} because the participant was affected by fever and cough, a physician had prescribed Ascoril syrup which contained terbutaline. The footballer had mentioned that he was unaware of this reality and that was why he had not talked about it within the doping management type.
But the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP)was not satisfied and its order, dated December 4, punished the participant with a two-year ban. The National Anti-Doping Agency had earlier issued the notification to Viknesh in regards to the constructive check on November 12, 2022 however because the participant was not provisionally suspended through the interval of the disciplinary proceedings earlier than NADA, the beginning of the ban had been pushed to April 5 this 12 months. It is just not fairly often that one hears of footballers being banned for doping within the nation.
The ADAP additionally penalised Radhika Prakash Awati, a Maharashtra-born fencing worldwide who represents Kerala, with a two-year ban. She had been banned for 15 months by the disciplinary panel earlier for a methylprednisolone (corticosteroid) violation.
Radhika had been examined throughout Senior National championship on March 26, 2023 in Pune, the place she had gained the gold medal. Her suspension is from August 17, 2023.
