Sai Sangeetha Dodla, the nation’s quickest junior quartermiler this 12 months, has been provisionally suspended for testing constructive for a prohibited substance.
The Telangana athlete, who clocked a private greatest 55.13s whereas successful the under-20 Federation Cup in Lucknow in March, figures within the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company’s listing (dated Might 31, 2024) of athletes who at the moment are beneath a provisional suspension. The NADA listing doesn’t point out the date of the check however specifies that she examined constructive for Stanozolol metabolites.
Sangeetha was a part of the Indian crew that gained the ladies’s 4x400m relay gold on the under-20 Asian Championships in Dubai in April, a gold that may very well be at risk now.
She had additionally gained the under-20 title within the 400m Nationwide Open in Thiruvananthapuram in March in 55.30s however surprisingly couldn’t come anyplace near that point on the under-20 Asians a month later, clocking 57.26s whereas ending seventh within the particular person quartermile.
The NADA’s new listing of athletes beneath provisional suspension additionally contains Tamil Nadu’s Jeyavindhiya Jegadish, who completed sixth within the 400m hurdles on the under-20 Asians, and the substance concerned is Drostanolone metabolite and Bihar’s Durga Singh, the ladies 1500m champion on the Khelo India Youth Video games in Chennai early this 12 months.
In the meantime 20-year-old Kerala sprinter V. Neha, who figured beneath the NADA’s April 2024 listing of athletes provisionally suspended, has now been banned for 4 years (ranging from December 6, 2023) as per the listing of sanctioned athletes by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) / Anti-Doping Appeals Panel. The 20-year-old gained silver within the 100 and 200m on the Junior Nationals in Coimbatore late final 12 months.
