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‘Doped’ Chanu suspended
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Two-time Commonwealth Games champion weightlifter Sanjita Chanu tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and has been provisionally suspended, the international federation said on Thursday.
New Delhi: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion weightlifter Sanjita Chanu tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and has been provisionally suspended, the international federation said on Thursday.
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone.
"IWF reports that the sample of Ms. Sanjita Chanu Khumukcham (IND) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Testosterone (S1.1 Anabolic Agents).
As a consequence, the Athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation," IWF stated.
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