Kamalpreet Kaur banned for three years for doping violation

Kamalpreet Kaur banned for three years for doping violation

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Category : Sports Published on: October 14 2022

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Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been banned from competition for three years, starting March 29, 2022, due to doping violation.
The 26-year-old Kamalpreet Kaur was provisionally suspended in May this year for testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol, an anabolic steroid which is in the list of banned substances as per the World Athletics.
Her samples had been tested at a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited lab in Lausanne, Switzerland.
She will now miss next year's Asian Games as well as the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Kamalpreet Kaur - the national record holder in the discus throw - had made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, where she finished sixth in the final.
Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has also been suspended for doping.

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