Asian Games hammer thrower Rachna Kumari fails dope test

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) India’s Hangzhou Asian Games participant hammer thrower Rachna Kumari has returned positive in a dope test conducted by international federation’s Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) just before the continental showpiece and has been handed provisional suspension.

The 30-year-old Kumari’s dope sample, taken out-of-competition, was found to contain steroids Stanozolol, Metandienone and Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT).

A notice of allegation has been issued to her, the AIU said on its website, without giving further details.

When contacted, Kumari said she had given urine samples to officials working for a foreign dope testing agency in Patiala on September 24.

“I have not got any information that I have failed dope test, though I had given my urine sample on September 24 in Patiala,” she told

Source: PTI News

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