# Swapna Barman suspended for doping, Shivpal Singh gets 10-year ban 2026-08-20T22:25:52+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) India's first Asian Games gold-winning heptathlete Swapna Barman has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for a banned substance. Despite her recent decision to retire from the sport, disciplinary proceedings against her will continue, NADA has said. In a separate case, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has been handed a 10-year ban by NADA for a second doping offence. Both cases were reported by sports.ndtv.com, which noted that Barman had won gold at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and had been a trailblazer for Indian women's heptathlon. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources come from the same outlet and report the facts in a neutral-report style, with no discernible slant. The coverage leads with the suspension and the ban, and notes Barman's retirement as a detail rather than a mitigating factor. A careful reader should note that the 10-year ban for a repeat offender like Shivpal Singh contrasts with the provisional suspension for a first-time case. The key next step is to watch whether NADA's proceedings against Barman conclude despite her retirement, and what substance triggered the positive test. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - sports.ndtv.com (neutral report) Leads with the suspension and the ban, gives no editorial comment. - sports.ndtv.com (2) (neutral report) Adds detail about retirement but treats it as context, not slant. This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Tags: Asian Games, heptathlon, javelin throw, NADA, Shivpal Singh, Swapna Barman Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/swapna-barman-suspended-for-doping-shivpal-singh-gets-10-year-ban/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/swapna-barman-suspended-for-doping-shivpal-singh-gets-10-year-ban/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/