India ranked third again in WADA doping charts
India has been ranked third for the third year in a row in a doping violation report published by World Anti-Doping Agency for 2015 with 117 athletes from the country being punished after testing positive for banned substances. India followed Russian Federation (176) and Italy (129) at third spot in the doping violation chart released by the WADA, the same position as in the reports of 2013 and 2014. All the dope violations by the Indians came from urine samples.
The dope violations were committed during 2015 and the WADA chart was prepared after compiling information of analytical findings and sanctions rendered till January 31 this year by various accredited anti-doping bodies. This is the first set of AntiDoping Rule Violation statistics under the revised WADA Code and third such report in its history since 2013.
The worrying sign for India is that the number of offenders has been increasing in the last three years. India had 91 and 96 Antidoping Rule Violations (ADRVs) in 2013 and 2014 respectively. An ADRV is a doping offence committed by an athlete or athlete support person, which results in certain consequences or sanctions. It is derived from adverse analytical findings (AAFs), commonly known as ‘positive’ results. Out of the 115 analytical ADRVs, 78 are committed by male athletes while 37 are by female. Among individual sports, weightlifting has taken over athletics as the dirtiest with a whopping 56 Indian lifters (32 male and 24 female) punished for doping.
Dipa Karmakar, first Indian gymnast to compete at the Olympics, has undergone a knee surgery, ruling her out of the Asian Championships next month. Karmakar underwent an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in Mumbai and will not participate in the Thailand meet scheduled to be held from May 18.
“Hi everyone, there is an update. I recently got injured during practice and underwent an ACL surgery. Rehabilitation has started and I will be back soon,” Karmakar posted on Twitter.
The 23-year-old is reportedly being attended to by renowned Dr Anant Joshi, who has treated Sachin Tendulkar in the past.
Karmakar shot to fame by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics. She finished fourth.