Quartermiler Sneha tests positive, dropped from Asian Championships team
The Hindu
Indian quartermiler Sneha Kolleri out of Asian Athletics Championships due to failed dope test, denying allegations of doping.
Quartermiler Sneha Kolleri has been forced out of the Indian team for this week’s Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea after testing positive for dope.
“I came to know that she is not coming to Korea because she failed a dope test,” National chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair told The Hindu from Gumi, the Asian Championships venue, on Sunday.
No details regarding the prohibited substance or when the test was taken were available.
Suffered an injury: Sneha
When contacted, Sneha denied she had failed a dope test.
“I suffered an ankle twist and am unable to run,” said the 26-year-old from Thiruvananthapuram.
National camper Sneha was part of the Indian mixed relay team at the World Relays in China two weeks ago, her first major international event, and had been named for the Asian Championships team in both the women’s and mixed relays.
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