MUMBAI: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla said here on Monday that the doping menace is still troubling Indian athletics which is enjoying a purple patch. Talking about the positive dope test of discus thrower Navjeet Dhillon Kaur, Sumariwalla said AFI was educating athletes about doping and had increased testing multiple times.
"Before I became president, we used to test 120 samples a year. Today, we are testing over 1500 samples. If more people get tested, more people will get caught. Our idea is to catch more people. None of them (the dope offenders) were in the (national) camp (when they consumed a banned substance). Whatever has happened is outside the camp. In the camp, we test them every few days. Dhanalakshmi (the s printer, who failed a dope test this May) has admitted that when she went to Tamil Nadu, somebody gave her something. So we try to control it in the camp," Sumariwalla told reporters.
