Indian weightlifting was on Wednesday hit by another dope controversy barely days after the country was saved from international ban, including missing the Commonwealth Games, with 53kg lifter Sanamacha Chanu failing a NADA dope test conducted last month.
The 31-year-old Chanu tested positive for banned substance methylhexaneamine, her second offence after being caught at 2004 Athens Olympics.
She is expected to face life ban if her ‘B’ sample also turns out to be positive and she is unable to clear her name before a NADA appeal panel.
Chanu, a former Asian champion and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games champion, tested positive during the trials for the Delhi Commonwealth Games here last month.
“Yes, Chanu has tested positive for methylhexaneamine. She now faces life ban if her ‘B’ sample comes out to be positive. It is upto her to test the ‘B’ sample and appear before the NADA appeal panel,” a top source told PTI.
Indian Weightlifting Federation Secretary Sahdev Yadav told PTI that one lifter, who was not in the Commonwealth Games squad announced last month, had returned positive for a banned substance but refused to divulge the name.
“One lifter has tested positive but under rules we don’t give names till the ‘B’ sample result comes. The ‘B’ sample result is expected to come by Monday. But I can say that the lifter is not among the Commonwealth Games squad,” he said.
Source http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article621031.ece
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