Gymnast Dipa Karmakar set to return in July 2023 after doping ban
On Saturday (February 4), Indian gymnast and Olympian, Dipa Karmarkar, spoke concerning the ban handed out to her by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for the usage of the prohibited substance, Higenamine.
In a press release, she mentioned, “Today marks the end of one of the longest battles I have fought for myself and my career.” Dipa Karmakar knowledgeable that the matter got here to gentle in October 2021 when a pattern was taken for ‘out-of-competition’ testing and evaluation.
“The result was positive for a banned substance which I unknowingly ingested and could not determine the source of. I decided to take a provisional suspension with the hope of a swift resolution with the international federation,” she emphasised.
The Indian Olympian identified that her suspension by the ITA has been decreased by 3 months and back-dated by 2 and half months. As such, she will be able to return to the skilled gymnastics area in July this 12 months.
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— Dipa Karmakar (@DipaKarmakar) February 4, 2023
“I am happy that the matter has been amicably resolved,” she mentioned. Dipa Karmarkar emphasised, “Multiple media reports have speculated that was under a 2-year suspension for failing to inform WADA of my whereabouts through the Anti-Doping Administration Management System (ADAMS).”
However, I want to make clear that these are false and inaccurate and don’t reveal the true info and nature of the matter…It has been distressful to not understand how the substances entered my physique, nonetheless, extra so to be ready the place my ethics have been questioned,” she asserted.
“Never in my career has the thought of consuming a banned substance crossed my mind. Gymnastics is all have, and I would never do anything which would bring myself or my country into disrepute,” Dipa Karmakar concluded.
It should be talked about that the gymnast hails from the Northeastern State of Tripura and got here to the limelight after qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite her stellar efficiency, Karmakar narrowly missed out on the bronze medal.
