Banned for 3 years!
On Wednesday, Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been banned from competition for three years, starting March 29, 2022, due to doping violation.
According to the statement given by, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Wednesday (October 12). The AIU, which is the independent body created by World Athletics that manages all integrity issues – including doping and age fraud, had provisionally suspended Kamalpreet in May this year for testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol, an anabolic steroid that is on the list of banned substances as per the World Athletics.
As per the information, Kamalpreet Kaur’s samples had been tested at a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited lab in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The 26-year-old had tested her samples at a private lab and was also allowed by the WADA to have them tested at the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) in New Delhi, both of which came up positive for stanozolol.
According to the statement, “The Athlete has failed to demonstrate that the Anti-Doping Rule Violations were not intentional. Therefore, the mandatory period of Ineligibility is a period of Ineligibility of four (4) years,” the AIU said in a statement.
However, Rule 10.8.1 ADR provides that an athlete potentially subject to an asserted period of Ineligibility of four (4) years may benefit from a one (1)-year reduction in the period of Ineligibility based on an early admission and acceptance of sanction,” it added.
Kamalpreet – the national record holder in the discus throw – had made her Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020, where she finished sixth in the final.
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