Shot putter Inderjeet fails test on B sample too

NEW DELHI: Shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s confirmatory B sample also returned positive for banned substances, virtually ending his hopes to compete in the Rio Olympics.

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NEW DELHI: Shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s confirmatory B sample also returned positive for banned substances, virtually ending his hopes to compete in the Rio Olympics.

The 28-year-old’s ‘A’ sample had returned positive for banned steroids androsterone and etiocholanolone on June 25.

Inderjeet has been provisionally suspended and served a second notice by the National Anti-Doping Agency. He will have to appear before the NADA Disciplinary Panel for a hearing and he will be given a chance to present his case before the panel.

His out-of-competition test was done on June 22.

After Inderjeet’s A sample tested positive, the NADA had asked the Punjab-born athlete, who had won a bronze in the 2014 Asian Games, if he wants to test his ‘B’ sample and if so, to do this within seven days.

The reigning Asian champions now face the prospect of being banned for four years under the new WADA Code. He is all but ruled out of the Rio Olympics.

Inderjeet had claimed it was a conspiracy against him and his sample has been tampered with.