New Delhi, Jan 7 (Ians) Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter K Sanjita Chanu has failed a dope test and is now suspended provisionally by the National Anti-Doping Agency (Nada).
Sanjita’s sample was taken on September 30, the day she lifted a total of 187kg to finish second. Both her ‘A’ and ‘B’ samples have shown the presence of Drostanolone, an anabolic steroid that is on the specified list of the World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) prohibited list, says a report in Tribune.
Sanjita, who will now have to appear before the anti-doping disciplinary panel of the National Anti-Doping Agency, can get a four-year suspension for this offence. If found guilty, she stands to lose her National Games silver.
“I am very sad that such a senior lifter, one who has won us two Commonwealth Games medals, has been caught in the dope net,” Indian Weightlifting Federation (Iwlf) chief Sahdev Yadav was quoted as saying.
Sanjita’s sample was taken on September 30, the day she lifted a total of 187kg to finish second. Both her ‘A’ and ‘B’ samples have shown the presence of Drostanolone, an anabolic steroid that is on the specified list of the World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) prohibited list, says a report in Tribune.
Sanjita, who will now have to appear before the anti-doping disciplinary panel of the National Anti-Doping Agency, can get a four-year suspension for this offence. If found guilty, she stands to lose her National Games silver.
“I am very sad that such a senior lifter, one who has won us two Commonwealth Games medals, has been caught in the dope net,” Indian Weightlifting Federation (Iwlf) chief Sahdev Yadav was quoted as saying.
- 1/7/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Gandhinagar, Sep 30 (Ians) The women’s 49kg weightlifting competition at the 36th National Games unfolded on expected lines with a tactical battle between Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu at the Mahatma Mandir here on Friday.
In the end, Mirabai walked away with the gold with a total lift of 191 kgs while Sanjita had to settle for the silver medal with a total lift of 187 kgs. Odisha’s Sneha Soren picked the bronze after totalling 169kg.
In the snatch, Mirabai seized an early advantage by raising the bar to 81kgs in her very first attempt, before a clean effort of 84kg in her second lift gave her a cushion of 3kgs over her statemate Sanjita, who could manage 80kg and 82kgs in her first two attempts.
Sanjita’s third attempt of lifting 84kg was adjudged a foul. Mirabai preferred to save her energy and didn’t turn up for the third attempt.
In the end, Mirabai walked away with the gold with a total lift of 191 kgs while Sanjita had to settle for the silver medal with a total lift of 187 kgs. Odisha’s Sneha Soren picked the bronze after totalling 169kg.
In the snatch, Mirabai seized an early advantage by raising the bar to 81kgs in her very first attempt, before a clean effort of 84kg in her second lift gave her a cushion of 3kgs over her statemate Sanjita, who could manage 80kg and 82kgs in her first two attempts.
Sanjita’s third attempt of lifting 84kg was adjudged a foul. Mirabai preferred to save her energy and didn’t turn up for the third attempt.
- 9/30/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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