Sanjita Chanu has been handed a four-year ban for failing a dope test. Chanu has tested positive for an anabolic steroid- Drostanolone Metabolite which is in the prohibited list of World Anti-doping Agency's (WADA).
Commonwealth Games Gold medallist K Sanjita Chanu has failed a dope test and is now suspended provisionally by the National Anti- Doping Agency (NADA) in the new updated list
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) dropped the doping charge against Chanu due to "non-conformities" in the handling of her sample last month.
The IWF made the decision based on the recommendation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The 26-year-old, who claimed innocence since the beginning, was informed about the final verdict via an e-mail, signed by IWF's legal counsel Lilla Sagi.
Chanu's case, which has been marred by several anomalies and administrative goof-ups, has been dragging on since she tested positive for anabolic steroid testosterone in November 2017.
Sanjita currently works with the North Eastern Frontier Railway in Dimapur in Nagaland and she said her promotion has also been kept in abeyance due to the doping case.
In Gold Coast, Sanjita had set a new Commonwealth Games record with a lift of 84 kg in snatch and 108 kg in clean and jerk, to finish with a total of 192 kg.
Sanjita, who won a gold in women's 53kg class in the Gold Coast CWG in April, had tested positive for an anabolic steroid in a test conducted during the World Championships in USA in November last year.
On May 15, the IWF provisionally suspended Chanu for four years after her 'A' sample was tested positive for a banned anabolic agent.
Sanjita Chanu lifted a total of 192kg to win a gold medal in 53kg category at the CWG 2018 in Gold Coast. If Sanjita's 'B' sample also tests positive, she could be handed a four-year ban from the sport.
Sanjita Chanu might lose her Gold Coast gold medal after being tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid.
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone.
Mirabai Chanu (48kg), Sanjita Chanu (53kg), Sathish Sivalingam (77kg), Venkat Rahul Ragala (85kg) and Punam Yadav (69kg) claimed gold, while P Gururaja (56kg) and Pardeep Singh (105kg) fetched silver medals at Commonwealth Games.
Indian weightlifters continued their highly impressive medal-winning performances as K. Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather clinched gold and bronze respectively, while squash player Joshana Chinappa, boxers Amit Phangal and Naman Tanwar entered the quarter-finals at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Friday. Sanjita won in the women's 53-kilogram category, while Lather bagged a bronze medal in the men's 69-kilogram competition. He managed 136 kilograms in the snatch and 159 kg in clean and jerk for a total of 295 kg.
There was no stopping the Indian weightlifting juggernaut with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team's tally, while the shuttlers and boxers continued to be unbeaten on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
The 24-year-old Manipuri claimed the 53kg category gold on Friday after breaking the Games record in snatch.
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