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Indian sprinter Dhanalakshmi handed three-year ban by AIU for dope flunk

NEW DELHI: Top Indian sprinter Sekar Dhanalakshmi has been handed a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit of the world governing body for failing an out-of-competition dope test in May.

Dhanalakshmi's sample taken on May 2 in Antalya, Turkey where she had a training stint along with other Indian athletes, was found to contain metandienone, an anabolic androgenic steroid and a non-specified substance prohibited at all times under the WADA Code.

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