National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) launched an anti-doping helpline number for athletes and they supported personnel to provide information about anti-doping rules and guidelines.
Notably, Vinesh was among the wrestlers who protested against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh, against whom allegations of sexual harassment were made. The reigning Asian Games champion Phogat was also supposed to be making her return to competitive wrestling at
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur also launched the 'Know Your Medicine' web and mobile application during the inaugural session of the conference. The application will enable the sports ecosystem to check if any prohibited substance is present in medicines and make informed choices about the us
Chanu was tested during the National Games 2022 held in Gujarat in September-October and her tests came back positive for drostanolone, an anabolic-androgenic steroid prohibited by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA)
Aishwarya won a gold medal in the triple jump during the National Inter-State Championships in June last year, with a leap of 14.14 m establishing a new national record. Following this event, she was tested by NADA officers
Speaking on the occasion Secretary Sports Sujata Chaturvedi said that it is a good time to be in Indian sport, where under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, initiatives like Khelo India have given sports a fillip. "We cannot ignore anti-doping while striving for excellence in sport.
The conclave will have sessions on policy landscape and legal framework, challenges faced by such athletes, education of and engagement with such athletes and Doping Control processes for athletes with disabilities.
Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), a powerful anti-doping tool that monitors selected biological variables over time to reveal the effects of doping rather than attempting to detect the doping substance or method itself.
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has pointed out the "lack of proper monitoring" of accounts of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), revealing that for nine years, from 2009 to 18, its accounts were cleared in one single meeting.
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) on Monday informed that the body conducted 1,250 dope tests of athletes across 35 sports disciplines in 2020.