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Most of the 20-odd athletes have failed doping test at the National Games Of India 2023.

Multi Sports General

Posted 8 months ago
Most of the 20-odd athletes have failed doping test at the National Games Of India 2023.

At the end of the year, the biggest doping scandal of the year 2023 has come to light.

More than 20 athletes from various sports have returned positive for banned drugs in tests conducted during the National Games 2023 in Goa in October-November in one of the biggest heaps of doping cases in the country.

Most of the 20-odd dope offenders have been handed provisional suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), which had collected dope samples from the participants in the October 25 to November 9 multi-sport event.

Most of them are medal winners, including nine track and field athletes. 7 players from the weightlifting contingent have failed the test. 

There are also some international players among them. NADA has asked everyone to get B samples done as per Amar Ujala.

The organizers of the National Games and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are speechless due to such a large number of players being caught in dope.

Many big names including Vandana Gupta of Uttar Pradesh came positive in the dope test. Vandana Gupta of UP won gold in weightlifting.

Other athletes who have been caught in this doping scandal are Kamaljeet Kaur who won silver in 200 meters, Ajay Kumar who won bronze in 5000 meters, besides athletes Farman Ali, Praveen Kumar, V Neha, Harjodhvir Singh, boxer Bhawna, silver medallist cyclist Anita Devi.

Apart from athletics and weightlifting, two players from boxing, one each from cycling, wrestling, triathlon, netball, kabaddi, and swimming are stranded.

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