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'Innocent' Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu will challenge suspension
Updated On: 02 June, 2018 10:35 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The sample was taken during an out-of-competition test prior to the World Championship in Anaheim (US) in November last year. She, however, got the backing of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) general secretary Sahdev Yadav


Sanjita Chanu
Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu yesterday said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent. "I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation," Sanjita told PTI.Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, was suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) tested positive for testosterone.
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