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Beijing Olympic | Written by TNC Beuro | Thursday, 07 August 2008 |
It was a matter of shame when India had to withdraw woman weightlifter Monika Devi from the Beijing Olympics after she failed a dope test at home, a senior Indian official confirmed on Wednesday.....
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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 said.
It was reported earlier that Monika, 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. This is the second high-profile drug offence by an Indian woman lifter after Kavita Devi was banned for two years by the country's federation in May. Kavita was hauled back from the Asian championships in Japan in April after the federation learned she had tested positive for a steroid during a World Anti-Doping Agency test.
Indian lifters were thrust into the spotlight when positive tests in high-profile competitions led to the federation being suspended in 2006. India's Egyptian coach Magad Salama quit in February after a lengthy row with federation chiefs during which he said several of the country's senior lifters were taking performance-enhancing drugs.
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