Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh suspended till 2025 for doping

ANI New Delhi, October 2 Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has been suspended from competing till October 2025 due to a doping violation. As per the Olympics.com, he subsequently tested positive for the banned substance methandienone, a performance-enhancing steroid. As...

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Updated At : 10:24 PM Oct 02, 2022 IST

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New Delhi, October 2

Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has been suspended from competing till October 2025 due to a doping violation.

As per the Olympics.com, he subsequently tested positive for the banned substance methandienone, a performance-enhancing steroid.

As a result, the National Anti-Doping Agency suspended Singh for four years. The ban comes into effect from October 21, 2021.

The Uttar Pradesh-based athlete was a silver medallist at the 2019 Asian Championships, where he achieved his personal best throw of 86.23m. He had also won the 2019 World Military Games.

Singh is the fifth notable Indian athlete to be caught in the doping net this year. Discus thrower Navjeet Kaur Dhillon, sprinter Dhanalakshmi Sekar and quarter-miler MR Poovamma have all been banned from competitions due to violations. Tokyo Olympian Kamalpreet Kaur, too, failed a dope test.

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