Asian Games relay gold medallist Poovamma suspended for three months
2 years, 5 months ago

Asian Games relay gold medallist Poovamma suspended for three months

The Hindu  

The National Anti-Doping Agency has suspended multiple Asian Games relay gold medallist M.R. Poovamma was a member of the gold-winning 4x400m women’s and mixed relay teams in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and also part of the squad that won the women’s relay gold at the 2014 Incheon Asiad where she also took the bronze in the individual 400m. The 32-year-old quartermiler tested positive for a stimulant methylhexaneamine at the Indian GP on February 18 last year and has been banned for three months. She had clocked a season best time of 52.44s in the Indian Grand Prix in Thiruvananthapuram in March this year and had also run in the Federation Cup in Malappuram in April.

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India’s fastest junior quartermiler Sai Sangeetha provisionally suspended
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s fastest junior quartermiler Sai Sangeetha provisionally suspended

The Hindu  

Sai Sangeetha Dodla, the country’s fastest junior quartermiler this year, has been provisionally suspended for testing positive for a prohibited substance. The Telangana athlete, who clocked a personal best 55.13s while winning the under-20 Federation Cup in Lucknow in March, figures in the National Anti-Doping Agency’s list of athletes who are now under a provisional suspension. The NADA’s new list …

Asian Games medallist Poovamma returns on track as justice arrives from Kerala High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Games medallist Poovamma returns on track as justice arrives from Kerala High Court

The Hindu  

Arbitration proceedings in doping cases can often be long drawn out, complicated and many a time, beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals. “Here, even though the Competent Appellate Authority ordered that her penalty would be for two years, but without specifying a date for it to commence; and if it is to be assumed - edified on Clause 15.2.2. of …

Doping ban restored: Athlete Poovamma’s NADA ban in back after ‘error’ allowed her to compete
1 year, 3 months ago

Doping ban restored: Athlete Poovamma’s NADA ban in back after ‘error’ allowed her to compete

The Hindu  

The National Anti-Doping Agency has restored the suspension of quarter-miler M. R. Poovamma after having allowed her to compete a year ahead of the end of her two-year suspension period. In a curious case of permitting an early return of a suspended athlete, the National Anti-Doping Agency informed the Athletics Federation of India on June 16 that Poovamma was eligible …

Asian Games Medallist MR Poovamma Fails Dope Test, Gets Two Year Ban by Anti-Doping Panel
2 years, 3 months ago

Asian Games Medallist MR Poovamma Fails Dope Test, Gets Two Year Ban by Anti-Doping Panel

News 18  

Senior India quarter-miler and Asian Games medallist MR Poovamma has been handed a two-year ban for flunking a dope test last year as the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel of the NADA overturned a disciplinary panel decision to hand her a three-month suspension. The 32-year-old Poovamma’s dope sample collected on February 18 last year, during the Indian Grand Prix I in Patiala, …

M. R. Poovamma suspended for two years, NADA appeal upheld
2 years, 3 months ago

M. R. Poovamma suspended for two years, NADA appeal upheld

The Hindu  

Multiple medallist in the Asian Games and Asian championships, M. R. Poovamma, has been suspended for two years by an Anti-Doping Appeal Panel, ruling the Karnataka quarter-miler out of next year’s Asian Games, World championships and Asian championships. In a decision given on September 16, two days before the completion of the three-month suspension period ordered by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary …

Tokyo 2020: AFI names Revathi, Subha, Dhanalakshmi in mixed relay team; 26-member team announced
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: AFI names Revathi, Subha, Dhanalakshmi in mixed relay team; 26-member team announced

The Hindu  

The absence of the seasoned M.R. Poovamma, who won the 400m gold in five of the six meets this year, and the inclusion of Tamil Nadu's S. Dhanalakshmi in the 4x400m mixed relay squad were the big surprises in the 26-member Indian athletics team for this month's Tokyo Olympics which was announced on Monday. Poovamma, the 400m silver medallist with …

400m runner Poovamma quits national camp
3 years, 5 months ago

400m runner Poovamma quits national camp

India TV News  

India's leading women's 400m runner MR Poovamma has quit the national camp in Patiala due to an injury, said a source late on Sunday evening. "Due to an injury Poovamma didn't compete in the final selection trials held for today here in Patiala to select two female athletes for the mixed 4x400m relay Indian team," the source told IANS. The …

India's Leading 400m Runner MR Poovamma Quits National Camp
3 years, 5 months ago

India's Leading 400m Runner MR Poovamma Quits National Camp

News 18  

India’s leading women’s 400m runner MR Poovamma has quit the national camp in Patiala due to an injury, said a source late on Sunday evening. “Due to an injury Poovamma didn’t compete in the final selection trials held for today here in Patiala to select two female athletes for the mixed 4x400m relay Indian team,” the source told IANS. The …

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