Discus thrower Kamalpreet gets three-year ban for doping

Discus thrower Kamalpreet gets three-year ban for doping

Will go as per law, says AFI chief Sumariwalla regarding the Olympian’s National record Will go as per law, says AFI chief Sumariwalla regarding the Olympian’s National record Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, the National record holder who was sixth in last year’s Tokyo Olympics, has been suspended for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit […]

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Did the AFI err while setting the women’s 400m entry standard for Commonwealth Games?

Did the AFI err while setting the women’s 400m entry standard for Commonwealth Games?

Did the Athletics Federation of India err while fixing the qualifying standard in the women’s 400m for next month’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham? It seems so. The AFI’s entry standard for the Games’ women’s quartermile is 50.13s which is a lot faster than the gold-winning time at the last two Commonwealth Games, 2014 Glasgow (Jamaican […]

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Indian athletes hooked on ‘80s drugs: Sumariwalla

Indian athletes hooked on ‘80s drugs: Sumariwalla

Despite big names like discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur and javelin thrower Shivpal Singh — both Tokyo Olympians — failing dope tests recently, the Athletics Federation of India is not working on any new steps to curb the menace. “What more can we do? They have been educated, they are well informed on what they can […]

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