Sanjivani Jadhav fails dope test, banned for 2 years

Sanjivani Jadhav has been banned for two years by the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) 'Athletics Integrity Unit' for failing a dope test. As a result of her ban, all the medals won by the runner post her appearance at the TCS World 10k held in Bengaluru, stand withdrawn.

New Delhi: Sanjivani Jadhav, the top long-distance runner of India, has been banned for two years by the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) 'Athletics Integrity Unit' for failing a dope test. The 23-year-old will thus serve a retrospective suspension period (two years) which commences from June 29, 2018.

The two-time Asian Championships bronze medallist has been awarded a minimum punishment period of two years since this is her first-time doping offence and cause it was not conclusively established whether she purposely consumed the banned substance or it got into her system inadvertently. Jadhav's dope sample was found to have contained Probenecid.

As a result of her ban, all the medals won by the runner post her appearance at the TCS World 10k held in bengaluru, stand withdrawn.

Sanjivani said in a statement, "The banned agent in vitamin supplement was found to be only 00.2 nano gram (as against 2 ml required for suspension).I am innocent but I had to admit (my guilt) since WADA found it in my sample."