Live
- Kiran Abbavaram's Hard Work Pays Off: Bunny Vasu Lauds Ka Team at Success Meet
- PM Modi’s welfare schemes transform rural lives in Bokaro, residents share gratitude
- We will ensure Bangladeshi infiltrators are removed from Jharkhand: BJP's Gourav Vallabh
- Hezbollah fires five rockets at central, northern Israel: sources
- HM Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh to address several rallies in Jharkhand tomorrow
- Will not waste single day in getting back what we lost, Omar Abdullah tells Assembly
- PM Modi visits Advani's residence to wish him on birthday, shares special moment
- Sun-Dried Cotton to Be Taken to CCI Purchase Centers, Avoid Middlemen - Collector
- Survey Process Requires Public Cooperation - Collector Badavath Santosh
- Distribution of Maize Seeds to Farmers at Agricultural Research Center
NADA sanctions have no bearing on Tokyo Olympic quota places: IWLF secy Yadav
The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Ravi Kumar Katalu’s four-year doping ban along with four others by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will not affect country’s quota places in next year’s Olympics in Tokyo, said national federation secretary Sahdev Yadav.
New Delhi : The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Ravi Kumar Katalu's four-year doping ban along with four others by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will not affect country's quota places in next year's Olympics in Tokyo, said national federation secretary Sahdev Yadav.
Ravi Kumar, who also won silver at the 2014 CWG in Glasgow, along with Junior CWG medallist Purnima Pandey, lesser known Hirendra Sarang, Deepika Shripal and Gaurav Tomar also tested positive for banned substances in-competition and out-of- competition respectively.
The most high-profile of the names -- Ravi Kumar, tested positive for banned substance Ostarine, a Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) which can increase muscle mass, in-competition during this year's National Championship in Visakhapatnam.
"Yes, Ravi Kumar Katalu has been handed suspension for four years. He has tested positive for SARM," confirmed Yadav but completely rubbished speculation that the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) is in danger of losing quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"Let me clarify the rule to you. The doping violations that will be counted are those at the international meets where WADA tests the lifters. NADA's sanctions are not valid when it comes to international competitions," Yadav told PTI on Tuesday.
"Therefore these sanctions will not be counted and I can assure that Indian weightlifters are safe as far as quota places for Tokyo is concerned," Yadav added.
The new International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)'s rule state that any nation with 20 or more violations at international events (WADA tested) between 2008 and 2020 will have just one male and one female weightlifter.
