{"id":29328,"date":"2026-09-16T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29328"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:56:00","slug":"india-doping-scandal-coach-banned-for-life-powerlifter-suspended-for-drug-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29328","title":{"rendered":"India doping scandal: Coach banned for life, powerlifter suspended for drug trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"


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India’s doping woes: Coach gets life ban; powerlifter suspended for trafficking banned drugs<\/span>Among other prominent names, Khelo India Games gold medal-winning weightlifter Chelsi has got a five year ban for failing a dope test.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Delhi: 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 <\/a>in the latest list of sanctions issued by the National Anti-Doping <\/a>Agency (NADA) here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rakesh was suspended last year in March and his ban will be effective from that period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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National Inter-State bronze-winning sprinter Prakruthi Roopa Rao has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for banned steroids Stanozolol and Drostanolone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Among other prominent names, Khelo India Games gold medal-winning weightlifter Chelsi has got a five year ban for failing a dope test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Among the other provisional suspensions, a minor weightlifter is also in the new additions after testing positive for Oxandrolone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In all, seven names from athletics feature in the provisionally suspended list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In April, a tipoff from NADA’s Intelligence & Investigations (I&I) unit had 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<\/div>\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’s (FSSAI) officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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

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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 unfair performance advantage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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