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Swapna Barman suspended by NADA for doping violation
Swapna Barman, the 29-year-old heptathlete who won India's first Asian Games gold in the event at Jakarta 2018, has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for…
Swapna Barman, the 29-year-old heptathlete who won India's first Asian Games gold in the event at Jakarta 2018, has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for the banned substance Boldenone, an anabolic-androgenic steroid.
The suspension follows Barman's announcement earlier this month that she was retiring from competitive sport, citing multiple injuries that made it impossible to continue. She had represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics and also won the Asian Championships.
Barman's name appears on NADA's latest list of provisionally suspended athletes. The development casts a shadow over the final phase of a career that saw her become one of India's most accomplished multi-event athletes.
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Boldenone is a steroid commonly used in veterinary medicine to build muscle mass in horses, and is banned at all times under WADA rules. The provisional suspension is standard procedure: NADA imposes it after a positive A-sample, and the athlete can request the B-sample test. For Barman, who has already retired, the outcome determines whether her results and prize money from the period around the test date could be stripped. The next step is the hearing before NADA's disciplinary panel, which typically takes months.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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