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Sprinter Shashikesh Kumar handed a second 3-year doping suspension

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New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) Sprinter Shashikesh Kumar has been handed a second three-year suspension by NADA’s Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) for competing while serving a prior ban.

Kumar was earlier suspended for a three-year period from January 10, 2024 to January 9, 2027. His fresh suspension period will start from January 9, 2027, the day he ends his first suspension period.

Another track and field athlete Kajal has been handed a five-year ban. Her suspension began from April 30, 2025, according to the latest list updated by the NADA. Ramandeep Kaur, another track and field athlete, was banned for two years from May 8, 2026.

A minor each in weightlifting (for five years from June 12, 2025) and wrestling (four years from February 19, 2025) have also been suspended. Another weightlifter Arockiya Alish was handed a ban of four years, effective from March 17, 2025.

Wrestlers Saket Yadav (four years), Deepak (one year) and Radhika (four years) were also handed suspensions. PTI PDS PDS AH AH

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