Marathon runner Jyoti fails dope test

New Delhi, June 17

Jyoti Singh, who won the elite women’s half marathon gold in the New Delhi Marathon earlier this year, has tested positive for a banned substance, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said today. Jyoti was placed under provisional suspension on May 14.  

NADA also said that 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter K Ravi Kumar has been provisionally suspended for testing positive for a banned substance.

The dope flunk of Ravi, who won gold in 69kg in the 2010 CWG, comes after more than a dozen weightlifters failed dope tests last month.

His sample was collected during the National Championships in February. Weightlifters Veerender Singh (96kg), Deepika (49kg), Vishal Solanki (109kg), Seema (81kg) and Purnima Pandey (87kg), who took part in the Nationals, returned positive. Two athletes who won medals in the Khelo India Youth Games earlier this year — wrestler Rohit Ahire (Greco-Roman 72kg) and swimmer Sahil Pawar (50m freestyle) — also tested positive. — PTI