India’s quickest Under-23 sprinter Taranjeet Kaur of Delhi has failed an in-competition dope take a look at carried out by the National Anti-Doping Agency, the supply stated on Saturday.
The 20-year-old Delhi sprinter has been one of many nation’s greatest performing children in 2021.
She received gold in 100m and 200m races within the National U-23 Championships from September 27-29 right here, clocking 11.54secs and 23.57secs — her private greatest — respectively.
Just every week earlier than that, she received 100m gold within the National Open Championships with a private greatest time of 11.50secs in addition to 200m silver (23.64secs) although many prime athletes skipped the meet because it was held after the Tokyo Olympics in the direction of the top of the season.
“Yes, Taranjeet Kaur failed an in-competition test conducted by the NADA,” a supply aware about the event advised PTI on situation of anonymity.
The identify and nature of the banned drug as-well-as the competitors throughout which the dope pattern was taken couldn’t be ascertained.
The in-competition take a look at might have been taken both in the course of the National U-23 Championships or the National Open Championships, each held in September.
If Kaur is discovered responsible of doping after her case is heard by the NADA Disciplinary Panel, she faces the prospect of getting banned for as much as 4 years — the utmost ban interval of first time dope offenders.
