Sprinter Dutee Chand suspended for doping, tests positive for andarine, ostarine & ligandrol

A notification issued by the National Anti-doping Agency says there was an ‘adverse analytical finding’ on her urine sample.

Dutee Chand celebrates finishing third in the Women's 200m Final in Asian Athletics Championships at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, on April 2019 | File photo | ANI via Reuters

New Delhi: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has tested positive for prohibited anabolic steroids during an out-of-competition testing and has been provisionally suspended, a PTI report said Wednesday.

Reacting to the notification, Chand said she had “no intimation regarding any positive result”.

“I am confused myself. We keep giving tests in various locations. I don’t know which test has come positive. Let me understand this,” the sprinter told ThePrint.

Chand’s urine sample has returned adverse analytical findings (AAF) for ‘andarine’, ‘ostarine’ and ‘ligandrol’, a doping control notification issued by the National Anti-doping Agency said.

In a letter addressed to Dutee, the AAF notification said, “I do hereby inform you that your sample A was tested at the NDTL (National Dope Testing Laboratory) in accordance with the procedure set out in WADA’s (World Anti-Doping Agency) International Standard of Laboratories and was returned adverse analytical findings as details given below.”

The sample was collected out-of-competition on December 5 last year at Bhubaneswar.

The 26-year-old athlete’s achievements include being second in both the 100m and 200m events at the 2018 Asian Games. She is also the reigning national 100-metre champion.

(Inputs from PTI)