Dutee Chand breaks silence over dope allegations: ‘I have never touched or used any kind of performance enhancing drugs’

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand was allegedly caught in an out-of-competition doping take a look at by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after a leaked electronic mail on social media acknowledged that there was an ‘adverse analytical finding’ on her urine pattern on Wednesday.

Chand denied that she had acquired this notification by the world physique and mentioned that she had been competing for a very long time on the highest degree and that she had by no means used a banned substance.

“I have been competing at the highest level for almost a decade and I have never touched or used any kind of performance enhancing drugs. I have given my samples whenever asked. In 2014 I had to fight for my right to run due the hyperandrogenism case and now this has come up. I’ll have to see the letter first to tell you what my next step will be,” mentioned Dutee to the Indian Express.

She then added, “I haven’t received any letter from doping agencies or federation yet. I only got to know through media people that a letter is being circulated on social media.”

The urine pattern was collected by WADA on December fifth, 2022 in Bhubaneswar and contained the prohibited substance Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs), in response to the e-mail.

SARMS, in response to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) are a ‘class of therapeutic compounds that have similar anabolic properties to anabolic steroids, but with reduced androgenic (producing male characteristics) properties.’

The distinction between anabolic steroids and SARMS, is that the latter solely attaches itself to particular tissues whereas anabolic steroids connect themselves to androgen receptors in lots of elements of the physique.

“In medical settings, this could be very useful for stimulating specific tissue growth like muscle and bone, while avoiding unwanted side effects in other tissues like the liver or skin,” states USADA in its web site.

Crucially, USADA’S web site additionally states that SARMS are usually not authorized substances for any dietary dietary supplements but in addition says that there are various dietary supplements out there that publicize their merchandise with the banned substance and/or are contaminated with it.

This was Chand’s A pattern that was carried out by WADA. She has the choice of asking for her B pattern to be examined.

Athletics Federation of India in a press release mentioned,”At that time limit (when she was examined), she wasn’t on the nationwide camp. She left the camp a very long time in the past and wasn’t coaching underneath any official AFI coach. She moved to Odisha someplace to coach by herself and we had no concept about her whereabouts.”