NEW DELHI: One of India’s star weightlifters and two-time Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medallist, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, has failed the dope test for an anabolic steroid drostanolone, and has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), TOI learnt on Friday.
Manipur’s Sanjita was tested in-competition by NADA’s dope control officers (DCOs) at the Gujarat National Games held in September-October last year. Her urine sample returned positive for drostanolone. She has been provisionally suspended from the date of her sample collection.