Professional Weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur has been banned by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing dope tests, India Today reported. The anti-doping disciplinary panel has handed a four-year suspension to Sarbjeet, who won the 71kg event at the women's national weightlifting championships in February last year.
According to NADA, the sample of Sarbjeet has been tested positive for prohibited substances such as Di-hydroxy-LGD-4033 (LGD 4033 METABOLITE), Selective Androgen Receptor Modulations (SARM), and Ostarine (Enobosarm). The sample was collected during 34th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championship held at Vishakhapatnam. “The Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel has found weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur guilty of anti-doping rule violation. She has been imposed a penalty of ineligibility for a period of four years. Kaur was tested positive earlier following intake of the prohibited non-specified substance,” NADA said in a statement. She won gold at the women's national weightlifting championships.
Key Takeaways:
- Weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur has been banned for four years by the National Anti-Doping Agency
- According to NADA, Sarbjeet Kaur's sample had the presence of prohibited substances
- Sarbjeet clinched gold in the 71kg event at the women's national weightlifting championships in February last year. The sample was collected during 34th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championship
Now Sarbjeet, who has been found guilty, will subsequently serve a doping ban imposed on her for a period of four years.
“The Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel has found Kaur guilty of anti-doping rule violation. She has been imposed a penalty of ineligibility for a period of four years,” NADA said in a statement
Rising concerns over doping in weightlifting
A potential name in the fraternity, Sarbjeet, who had won the 71kg event at the women’s national weightlifting championships in February 2019, is not the only Indian found guilty in such circumstances. This win put Sarbjeet’s name on the map but led to a different controversy. Another Indian weightlifter in the fray, Seema also has been found guilty of a doping violation. In December 2017, Commonwealth Championship silver medallist Seema was served a four-year ban for doping. She had finished sixth in the women's 75kg competition at the Gold Coast CWG.
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Arjuna Award winner and Olympian Satheesha Rai had to return his 2002 CWG gold medal after he tested positive for a banned substance. He had won two gold medals and one bronze medal at the Games. He had previously won a gold medal and two silvers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Olympian, Sanamacha Thingbaijani Chanu was also tested positive for a banned substance and was disqualified from the 2004 Summer Olympics. She had originally finished 4th in the women's 53 kg weight class at the Olympic Games.She was found guilty of a doping violation for the second time during the trials for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India. She was tested positive for methylhexanamine and was banned for eight years.
The sample was collected during 34th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championship
In fact, in weightlifting, the issue is bigger since the International Olympic Committee has been overlooking the matter with utmost importance, expressing its concern over rising doping allegations in international weightlifting. As per reports, young girl competitors take the banned drugs at the age of just 13 years, and the substances are found in their system, now more than ever. This will definitely have an impact in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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