BHUBANESWAR: India's campaign in the
Asian Athletics Championships
has been hit by a doping scandal with leading decathlete
Jagtar Singh
testing positive for a banned substance.
Jagtar's urine sample 'A', collected during the Federation Cup National Championships in Patiala last month by the
NADA
, has returned positive for meldonium and he has been put under provisional suspension.
The Rajasthan athlete now faces the prospect of being banned for a maximum period of four years for a first-time dope offence if his confirmatory 'B' sample test also returns positive.
Jagtar was a part of the 95-member Indian team for the ongoing Asian Championships and he was named along with Abhishek Shetty.
Only Shetty took part in the 10-event decathlon which began on Thursday, the opening day. In fact, he was left out of team and did not come here after the
Athletics Federation of India
was informed about it by the
National Anti-Doping Agency
four days ago.
"We knew about Jagtar's dope failure three-four days before this championships and we have left him out. He did not come along with the Indian team in Bhubaneswar," an official of the Indian team said.
In the Federation Cup, Jagtar won the decathlon event with 6888 points while Shetty was second with 6814 points.
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