Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Weightlifter Monica Devi withdrawn
India has withdrawn woman weightlifter Monica Devi from the Beijing Olympics after she failed a dope test at home, a senior Indian official confirmed on August 6.
"We have learnt she is not participating after failing a dope test," India's deputy Chef de Mission Baljeet Singh Sethi told Reuters.
Indian news agency PTI had reported on August 5 that Devi, the lone Indian lifter to participate in Beijing, had failed a test conducted on July 29.It quoted unnamed officials saying the report showing the positive result for an anabolic salt came hours before she was to leave for Beijing.
However, the tearful lifter said she was innocent and the federation criticized the state-run Sports Authority of India (SAI), whose laboratory tested the urine sample.
"I've never, ever tested positive," she told reporters in New Delhi.
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"We have learnt she is not participating after failing a dope test," India's deputy Chef de Mission Baljeet Singh Sethi told Reuters.
Indian news agency PTI had reported on August 5 that Devi, the lone Indian lifter to participate in Beijing, had failed a test conducted on July 29.It quoted unnamed officials saying the report showing the positive result for an anabolic salt came hours before she was to leave for Beijing.
However, the tearful lifter said she was innocent and the federation criticized the state-run Sports Authority of India (SAI), whose laboratory tested the urine sample.
"I've never, ever tested positive," she told reporters in New Delhi.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: anabolic salt, Beijing Olympics, Dope test, failed, Indian lifter, New Delhi, participates, politics, Sports Authority of India, weightlifter Monica Devi, withdraw
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