Athletics coach Ramesh suspended for 'complicity' in doping, 7 athletes for 'evading' test
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Indian athletics rocked by doping scandal as coach and athletes suspended for complicity, administration of prohibited substances, and evasion.
A slew of dope cases rocked Indian athletics with junior national team chief coach Ramesh Nagpuri suspended by the NADA for "complicity" in doping while seven athletes were also in dock for "evading" tests .
Two more coaches — Karamveer Singh and Rakesh — were also suspended for "complicity" and "administration of prohibited substances" respectively.
The seven athletes suspended for "evasion" in the latest list of dope offenders published by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) were Paras Singhal, Pooja Rani, Nalubothu Shanmuga Sreenivas, Chelimi Pratusha, Shubham Mahara, Kiran and Jyoti.
The 19-year-old Singhal had won the boys’ 2,000m steeplechase for Haryana at the Khelo India Youth Games in 2024. Sreenivas won a silver each in 200m in the Federation Cup, National Inter-State Championships and National Open in 2024.
Nagpuri, based at the Sports Authority of India Centre in Hyderabad and appointed junior chief coach by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in 2023, is a renowned Dronacharya Awardee coach.
He has been suspended under Article 2.9 of the NADA Anti-Doping Rules of 2021, which deals with 'Complicity or attempted complicity by an athlete or other Person'.
Under this article, 'Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity or attempted complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, attempted anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.14.1 by another person (including either physical or psychological assistance" will constitute a doping offence.'
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