The 27-year-old 100m national record holder was on Friday, August 18 served the ban after two samples taken in December last year were found to contain “other anabolic agents/SARMS”, which is listed under “WADA’s 2023 prohibited list of non-specified substances
New Delhi: Double Asian Games silver medallist Dutee Chand will challenge the four-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing two out-of-competition dope tests for a banned substance, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
The 27-year-old 100m national record holder was on Friday, August 18 served the ban after two samples taken in December last year were found to contain “other anabolic agents/SARMS”, which is listed under “WADA’s 2023 prohibited list of non-specified substances”.
The samples were taken on December 5 and 26 and both returned positive for almost identical substances. SARMS, or selective androgen receptor modulators, which are non-steroidal substances commonly used to treat osteoporosis, anaemia and wound healing in patients.
Effective from January 3 this year, the ban means that all her competitive results from the date the first sample collection took place (December 5) will be scrapped.
Dutee’s counsel Parth Goswami today told PTI that the sprinter had been a “clean athlete” all her professional career and it was a case of “unintentional consumption”. “We are in process of filing an appeal. We are hopeful that we will be able to convince the appeal panel,” he said.
The athlete had won silver medals in 100 and 200m at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and holds the national record of 11.17s in 100m (2021).
Rattled by Stage 1 cancer
Dutee Chand got the shock of her life when a doctor in November 2021 told her she Stage I cancer must quit sports. That was after she failed to go past the preliminary rounds of the 100m and 200m races in the Tokyo Olympics.
“I felt very scared, thinking what has happened to my life,” Dutee said. “After returning from the Olympics, I felt pain in the groin area. I got an MRI scan done and that how I got to know about the cancer in my body. I initially thought it was due to testosterone imbalance. Fortunately, early detection and quick recourse to medical treatment has helped me overcome the pain and the cancer,” she added.
*****************************************************
Readers
These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.
Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world. We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.
Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.
In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.
For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com