Kerala footballer M. Viknesh, who had failed a dope check taken through the Nationwide Video games in Ahmedabad in October 2022, has been handed a two-year suspension ranging from April 5, 2023.
The ahead, who was dropped from the Kerala group for the Santosh Trophy’s ultimate part in February this 12 months following the optimistic dope check for terbutaline, had appealed the choice of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel given on April 5, 2023.
Terbutaline is an ingredient in lots of cough syrups, however it’s within the World Anti-Doping Company’s prohibited listing underneath specified substances. Vignesh’s group had argued {that a} because the participant was affected by fever and cough, a physician had prescribed Ascoril syrup which contained terbutaline. The footballer had mentioned that he was unaware of this truth and that was why he had not talked about it within the doping management type.
However the Anti-Doping Attraction Panel (ADAP)was not satisfied and its order, dated December 4, punished the participant with a two-year ban. The Nationwide Anti-Doping Company had earlier issued the notification to Viknesh concerning the optimistic check on November 12, 2022 however because the participant was not provisionally suspended through the interval of the disciplinary proceedings earlier than NADA, the beginning of the ban had been pushed to April 5 this 12 months. It isn’t fairly often that one hears of footballers being banned for doping within the nation.
The ADAP additionally penalised Radhika Prakash Awati, a Maharashtra-born fencing worldwide who represents Kerala, with a two-year ban. She had been banned for 15 months by the disciplinary panel earlier for a methylprednisolone (corticosteroid) violation.
Radhika had been examined throughout Senior Nationwide championship on March 26, 2023 in Pune, the place she had received the gold medal. Her suspension is from August 17, 2023.
