Asiad bronze winner Kiran fails dope test

Asian Games bronze medallist shot putter Kiran Baliyan has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for testing positive for a banned substance as a slew of athletes across sports figured in the latest list of dope offenders.

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Surprisingly, Olympics medallist Bajrang Punia’s name is missing from the latest update though he figured in a previous list issued by the NADA recently.

The NADA had, on June 23, suspended Punia for a second time, three weeks after its Anti-Disciplinary Doping panel had revoked his suspension.

The 25-year-old Baliyan, who had become only the second Indian to win a medal in women’s shot put in the Asian Games at Hangzhou last year, returned positive for metandienone, an anabolic androgenic steroid banned at all times. She stares at a maximum ban period of four years.