NEW DELHI: India's hammer thrower Rachna Kumari, who participated in the recent Hangzhou Asian Games has returned positive in a dope test conducted by international federation's Athletics Integrity Unit.
The test took place just ahead of the continental games and after the report, Rachna has been handed provisional suspension.
The 30-year-old athlete's out-of-competition sample revealed the presence of steroids including Stanozolol, Metandienone, and Dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT).
The AIU announced the issuance of a notice of allegation on its website, refraining from disclosing additional details.
When contacted, Kumari said she had given urine samples to officials working for a foreign dope testing agency in Patiala on September 24.
"I have not got any information that I have failed dope test, though I had given my urine sample on September 24 in Patiala," she told PTI from her home in Uttar Pradesh.
An official of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) also confirmed that Kumari has failed a dope test but refused to give details as it relates to the AIU.
"It is not a NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency) case but of AIU, so I don't know the details," the official said.
If she is found guilty, Kumari can face ban of a maximum period of four years.
Kumari was part of the 68-member Indian athletics team that competed in the Hangzhou Asian Games (September 23 to October 8). She had finished ninth in the women's hammer throw event with an effort of 58.13m on September 29.
She had won gold in the National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar in June with a throw of 65.03m. She has not won any international medal.
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