Double Asian Video games silver medallist Dutee Chand will problem the four-year ban imposed on the celebrated Indian athlete by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company (NADA) for failing two out-of-competition dope exams for a banned substance.
The 27-year-old 100m nationwide report holder was on Thursday served the ban after two samples taken in December final yr had been discovered to comprise “different anabolic brokers/SARMS”, which is listed below “WADA’s 2023 prohibited listing of non-specified substances”.
The samples had been taken on December 5 and 26 respectively and each returned optimistic for nearly an identical substances.
SARMS, or selective androgen receptor modulators, are non-steroidal substances generally used to deal with osteoporosis, anaemia and wound therapeutic in sufferers.
Dutee’s ban will likely be efficient from January 3 this yr and all her aggressive outcomes will likely be scrapped from the date the primary pattern assortment occurred (December 5, 2022).
Dutee’s counsel Parth Goswami instructed PTI on Friday that the sprinter had been a “clear athlete” all her skilled profession and it was a case of “unintentional consumption”. The athlete had gained silver medals in 100 and 200m on the 2018 Jakarta Asian Video games and holds the nationwide report of 11.17 sec in 100m (2021).
“For us, this can be a clear case of unintentional consumption of a banned substance. We had been clearly in a position to set up the supply of the substance within the physique, which is a considerable proof of lack of intent. The substance was by no means used to realize any sporting benefit,” stated Goswami.
“We’re in strategy of submitting an enchantment. We’re hopeful that we can persuade the enchantment panel,” he added.
“Dutee is the satisfaction of India and is a clear athlete. She has had an illustrious profession of over a decade. She has undergone tons of of dope exams internationally and nationally and has at all times been clear in her lengthy profession,” added Goswami.
Dutee and her counsel had additionally claimed earlier than NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) that it was a case of “unintentional consumption”.
“The athlete and her counsel had with out refuting the findings of the NDTL (Nationwide Dope Testing Laboratory) report said that the consumption of the stated substance was unintentional and the ingestion of the identical had been suggested by the physiotherapist who was being commonly consulted by the athlete,” stated the ADDP order.
“The athlete and her counsels submitted that the stated physiotherapist had been hooked up with the athlete from the Pullela Gopichand Academy the place the athlete was coaching below particular permission.”
Dutee’s counsel had submitted that the sprinter was “hyperandrogenic” owing to which she was having “extreme groin ache” due to which the remedy was really useful.
ADDP stated that the athlete had “delegated the duty of buying the medication to her good friend”, who was additionally a witness within the case.
“(The witness) earlier than giving his deposition had submitted an affidavit the place he said that he himself went to the store to purchase the stated complement for hormonal disbalance however, quite the opposite, throughout his cross-examination (the witness) denied shopping for the stated complement in particular person however reasonably re-delegating to his supervisor,” ADDP famous.
“The admitted truth on the affidavit positioned earlier than the ADDP and the cross-examination of the witness highlights there are obvious contradictions within the truth put forth earlier than the panel by the witnesses, thereby elevating reputable considerations relating to the reliability of the statements made by the witness,” stated ADDP order.
