Deepa Karmakar
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10 sportspersons have tested positive for dope in the Gujarat National Games, including seven medalists. This is the first time that even a lawn bowls player has been caught in dope for the first time in the country. And Commonwealth Games medalist gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been banned for 21 months. She tested positive for beta-2 agonist Higenamine on October 11, 2021. His ban will end on July 10 this year.
Gold and silver winners of the same weight in wrestling turned positive
Sampling was done by NADA in these games held in Gujarat from 29th September to 12th October. Two weightlifters, two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sanjita Chanu, Chandigarh’s Virjeet Kaur have been found to be dope in the testing of the National Dope Test Laboratory. Both had won silver in Gujarat.
Deepanshu of Haryana, who won gold in 97kg in wrestling, and Ravi Rajpal, who won silver in wrestling, for steroid methandienone, Diandra of Maharashtra, who won bronze in 100m, for steroid stanozolol, Somen Banerjee of West Bengal, who won silver in singles in lawn bowls, for diuretics. , for eplerenone and Viknesh, a member of Kerala’s bronze-winning football team, has tested positive for the beta-2 agonist terbutaline.
temporary ban on eight
Apart from the seven medal winners, cyclist Rubelpreet Singh, judoka Navroop Kaur and wushu player Harshit Namdev have also tested positive for dope. Eight out of these 10 players have been provisionally banned. Viknesh and Somen Banerjee have not been temporarily banned. Stimulants and beta-2 agonists included in the specified list of WADA were found in his sample.
Deepa’s out of competition test was done
According to the International Testing Agency (ITA), Dipa Karmakar’s sample was taken out of competition (out of the tournament) by the International Gymnastics Federation. Resolving the matter under the Case Settlement Agreement, he has been banned for 21 months. All their results from October 11, 2021 onwards have been cancelled.
