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The Hindu
25-05-2025
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- The Hindu
Sneha Kolleri
Quartermiler Sneha Kolleri has been forced out of the Indian team for this week's Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea after testing positive for dope. 'I came to know that she is not coming to Korea because she failed a dope test,' National chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair told The Hindu from Gumi, the Asian Championships venue, on Sunday. No details regarding the prohibited substance or when the test was taken were available. Suffered an injury: Sneha When contacted, Sneha denied she had failed a dope test. 'I suffered an ankle twist and am unable to run,' said the 26-year-old from Thiruvananthapuram. National camper Sneha was part of the Indian mixed relay team at the World Relays in China two weeks ago, her first major international event, and had been named for the Asian Championships team in both the women's and mixed relays. The Kerala athlete was the fourth fastest Indian 400m runner this year — behind Aishwarya Mishra, Rupal Chaudhray and Vithya Ramraj — and had claimed the bronze in last month's Federation Nationals in Kochi clocking a personal best 53.00s which also put her eighth in this year's Asian list. Till last year, her personal best was 53.51. She had also clocked a 200m personal best (23.59) in the Indian Grand Prix in Thiruvananthapuram on May 17. Sandramol also misses out It is learnt that another quartermiler, Sandramol Sabu, could not travel to South Korea as she had suffered a knee injury. That could further weaken the mile relay team. Strangely Aishwarya Mishra, the country's fastest quartermiler this year — 51.12 while winning the National Games gold in Dehradun in February — and last year's fastest 400m runner Kiran Pahal (50.92s) skipped the Federation Nationals which was the Athletics Federation of India's qualification event for the Gumi Asians.
Hindustan Times
11-05-2025
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- Hindustan Times
AFI directs athletes to seek approval for training, competitions abroad
New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India will penalise athletes going abroad to compete or train without prior approval. A new AFI rule requires them to send a detailed proposal at least a month in advance and get clearance. The decision was made at AFI's core committee meeting. The move comes in the wake of many top athletes, backed by private sponsors, going on foreign tours to train and compete without informing AFI. The new rule will allow AFI to track athletes and ensure they are not 'evading dope testing officials'. 'Disciplinary action will be taken against those individual athletes who don't take prior permission to compete and train on foreign soil from the national governing body of track and field,' AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo said on Saturday. 'The performance of the athletes will be invalid for record books if they don't take mandatory approval of the AFI for an international exposure.' AFI, earlier this year, did away with regular training camps, with the exception of relay teams. Athletes were allowed to train at institutions of their choice. However, it needs to monitor their performances before they are considered for India selection. Several athletes missed important domestic competitions this season. Some of them sought exemption while AFI remained clueless about their training plans. 'To strengthen participation in the domestic competitions, AFI has framed a policy to keep track of individuals so that he or she isn't evading dope testing officials,' the AFI president said. 'Athletes going for an international exposure tour without permission severely impacts AFI strategy to field national teams for major competitions, including Olympics and Asian Games.' Woman 400m runner Aishwarya Mishra recently went to Loughborough for a month-long camp and missed the National Federation Cup, the designated selection event for this month's Asian Championships. She has the fastest time this season (51.12 secs), clocked at the National Games. An AFI official said Aishwarya's training was arranged by a private foundation and that her request for exemption from competing at the Federation Cup in Kochi was denied. She was left out of the squad for the Asian Championships and World Relays. The official said even some of the athletes who competed at the UAE Grand Prix on Friday had not taken approval. A few days ago Kenya's Anti-Doping Agency apprehended an Indian national for possession of an illegal consignment of assorted performance enhancing substances during a raid at the high-altitude training town of Iten. The venue is renowned as a training base for elite long-distance runners. AFI has taken note of this development and doesn't want any elite Indian athlete to train in Kenya without its knowledge, according to people aware of the situation. Athletes must send their proposals to AFI with proof of invitation to the competition. 'Recommendation letter from the respective department or institution is mandatory, if applicable.' AFI will decide on the proposal within a week. If necessary, it will interact with the athlete and seek any clarification.
The Hindu
24-04-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
AFI not to send women's 4x400m team for the Asians
With many top quartermilers skipping the National Federation athletics championships here, the Athletics Federation of India has decided not to send the women's 4x400m relay team for next month's Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea. National Games champion Aishwarya Mishra, this season's fastest 400m runner, and last year's topper Kiran Pahal missed the Federation meet here while Olympian Jyothika Sri Dandi's entry for the National meet here was rejected as she had competed in a domestic meet prior to the Kochi event. 'We are not prepared for the international event (in the women's relay) at the moment,' said AFI president Bahadur Singh Sagoo here on Thursday. The AFI will announce the Indian team for the Asians on Friday. The AFI had fixed the qualification standards for the Asian Championships but a few athletes who came close to them are also likely to be considered for the meet by the selection committee.
