Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

2010 DELHI COMMONWEAL­TH GAMES

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Five top athletes tested positive for banned substances ahead of the Games, and were dropped from the team. Rajiv Tomar, Sumit, Mausam Khatri and Gursharanp­reet Kaur were in wrestling, while Sourabh Vij was a shot-putter.

In 2011, six women who were part of the CWG and Asian Games 4x400m relay winning team were caught and banned for two years for doping.

Ahead of the 2016 junior world athletics championsh­ip, javelin thrower Gaurav Yadav failed a dope test.

He was withdrawn from the competitio­n that concluded in Poland.

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