The doping scandal involving eight athletes has put India in a spot of bother as it comes within a year of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) having paid a huge fine to get an international suspension lifted from the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) for participation in the Commonwealth Games.

The weightlifters were expected to bring home a bagful of medals but it was the athletes who outsmarted their much fancied rivals and won the nation a gold medal in the track and field after 42 years.