New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Senior India quarter-miler and Asian games medallist MR Poovamma has been handed a three-month ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency for failing a dope test last year.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old Poovamma dope sample collected during the Indian Grand Prix in Patiala in February last year had returned positive for stimulant methylhexaneamine.<\/p>\n
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adillle Sumariwalla confirmed the development.<\/p>\n
“Yes, it is correct,” he told PTI when asked if Poovamma has been handed such a ban.<\/p>\n
He said the suspension order came a few days back.<\/p>\n
The ban is a huge setback for Povamma as she is set to qualify for the World Championships (July 15-24) in Eugene, USA, on the basis of world ranking quota.<\/p>\n
Poovamma was a member of the gold-winning 4x400m women’s and mixed relay teams in the 2018 Asian Games and also part of the 4x400m relay squad that won the gold at the 2014 Asian Games.<\/p>\n
She also won a bronze in the individual 400m in the 2012 Asian Games. She received Arjuna Award in 2015.<\/p>\n
There has been speculation over Poovamma’s dope flunk last year after she skipped the relay trials in Patiala just a few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics. She later left the national camp which had surprised many.<\/p>\n
She had clocked a season-best time of 52.44s while finishing second in the Indian Grand Prix in Thiruvananthapuram in March this year. She had also won a silver in the Federation Cup in Malappuram in April with a time of 52.70s.<\/p>\n
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