India’s quickest Below-23 sprinter Taranjeet Kaur of Delhi has failed an in-competition dope check performed through the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company, the supply mentioned on Saturday.
The 20-year-old Delhi sprinter has been one of the most nation’s easiest acting kids in 2021.
She gained gold in 100m and 200m races within the Nationwide U-23 Championships from September 27-29 right here, clocking 11.54secs and 23.57secs — her private easiest — respectively.
Only a week ahead of that, she gained 100m gold within the Nationwide Open Championships with a non-public easiest time of eleven.50secs in addition to 200m silver (23.64secs) regardless that many best athletes skipped the meet because it was once held after the Tokyo Olympics against the top of the season.
“Sure, Taranjeet Kaur failed an in-competition check performed through the NADA,” a supply aware of the improvement informed PTI on situation of anonymity.
The identify and nature of the banned drug as-well-as the contest all over which the dope pattern was once taken may no longer be ascertained.
The in-competition check will have been taken both all over the Nationwide U-23 Championships or the Nationwide Open Championships, each held in September.
If Kaur is located to blame of doping after her case is heard through the NADA Disciplinary Panel, she faces the chance of having banned for as much as 4 years — the utmost ban length of first time dope offenders.
