The Athletics Federation of India has reiterated its commitment to prevent and eradicate doping from the sport but the absence of clarity on some of the elite athletes continues even as top officials hinted at their stand on those on the radar.
“Some athletes are provisionally suspended and some are not but the fact is that the cases are still under process or being challenged and the athletes and their lawyers are dealing with it. Till a case is over, we will not know about the updates. But if you see the people who are not in the national camps, those we are not comfortable with,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said at the conclusion of the three-day AGM here on Sunday.
The likes of discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh and quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra are among those under suspicion and out of camps. Interestingly, there had been reports of M.R. Poovamma also failing a test despite being a national camper and continues to be in the list.
