With the Olympics about a hundred days away, there is a rush to make the cut for Paris by hook or by crook.
Just a couple of days ago news came in that a top thrower, a former Asian Games champion, had tested positive for Clomifene (a drug used to treat infertility in women), a specified substance that the World Anti-Doping Agency says is prohibited at all times. Around that time, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) put out a new list of athletes who have been provisionally suspended for apparent anti-doping violation.
The list included young 3000m steeple chaser Mohammed Nur Hasan, who many felt would take over from Asian Games champion Avinash Sable, 2019 Asian 10,000m silver medallist Murli Gavit, cross-country National men’s champion Hemraj Gurjar and women’s silver medallist Anjali Kumari (the last two competed in the recent cross-country Worlds in Belgrade). Early this year, leading shot putter Karanveer Singh was punished with a four-year ban by Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel.
