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New Delhi: <\/strong>Athletics coach Rakesh Kumar was slapped with a life ban for administering prohibited substances, while power-lifter Gaurav Vats was provisionally suspended for possession and trafficking of banned drugs in the latest list of sanctions issued by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Rakesh was suspended last year in March, and his ban will be effective from that period. National Inter-State bronze-winning sprinter Prakruthi Roopa Rao has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for banned steroids Stanozolol and Drostanolone.<\/p>\n

Among other prominent names, Khelo India Games gold medal-winning weightlifter Chelsi has received a five-year ban for failing a dope test. Among the other provisional suspensions, a minor weightlifter is also among the new additions after testing positive for Oxandrolone.<\/p>\n

Quartermiler Kaushal Kumar, steeplechaser Jujhar Singh, and long-distance runner Baljeet Kaur were among those suspended as doping continued to cast a shadow on Indian athletics.<\/p>\n

In all, seven names from athletics feature in the provisionally suspended list. Powerlifter Vats, whose nutritional supplements company’s premises were at the heart of a crackdown on banned drugs, is also among those suspended by NADA.<\/p>\n

In April, a tip-off from NADA’s Intelligence & Investigations (I&I) unit resulted in the confiscation of several prohibited substances, including anabolic steroids like methenolone and stanozolol, at Vats’ company premises in Najafgarh following a joint operation that included the local police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The joint task force was led by Central Food Safety Officers (CFSOs) and also featured Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officials.<\/p>\n

Approximately 2,800 capsules\/tablets and 11 injectable units of prohibited substances, including anabolic steroids — Methenolone Enanthate, Trenbolone, and Stanozolol — were recovered.<\/p>\n

Three hundred Methandienone and 850 Oxandrolone tablets along with 1,500 Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARMs) capsules were recovered. All these substances are steroids banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as they can be abused for building muscle mass to gain an unfair performance advantage. Injections of Adenosine Monophosphate, a prohibited hormone and metabolic modulator that helps endurance, were also among the recoveries. <\/p>\n

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