Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet Kaur has been caught in the dope net after testing positive for a banned stimulant, a massive embarrassment for the country which might lose the gold medal clinched by her earlier this month
Shot-putter Manpreet poses with her gold medal. Pic/PTI
Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet Kaur has been caught in the dope net after testing positive for a banned stimulant, a massive embarrassment for the country which might lose the gold medal clinched by her earlier this month.
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Kaur, who won a gold medal in the recently-concluded Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, tested positive for stimulant dimethylbutylamine. The test was conducted by National Anti-Doping (NADA) officials during the Federation Cup National Championships held in Patiala from June 1-4.
She has not been put under provisional suspension as dimethylbutylamine is a specified substance under the WADA Code, but India will lose the gold medal she won in Bhubaneswar if her confirmatory urine sample 'B' test also returns positive. "Manpreet has tested positive in a test conducted during the Federation Cup in June. Her urine sample has been found to have stimulant dimethylbutylamine," an Athletics Federation of India (AFI) official said.
When contacted for a response, Manpreet's coach Karamjeet, who is also her husband, said, "We have not yet been told about anything."
NADA Director General Navin Agarwal said that this was the first time this banned stimulant dimethylbutylamine has been detected in the urine sample of a sportsperson in India.
"A woman shot-putter has tested positive for a banned substance but she has not been put under suspension," Agarwal said. Dimethylbutylamine is structurally related to methylhexanamine, a stimulant which was found to have been used by sporstpersons before the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
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