Indian best discus thrower in recent years Kamalpreet Kaur has been banned for 3 years for doping. In a separate statement by the Athletics Union, it was announced that she had tested positive for stanozolol on March 7 this year.
Kamalpreet Kaur set an Indian national record of 66.59 meters in June last year and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where she finished sixth. She is the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier in discus throw.
At the Asian Athletics Championships held in Doha in 2019, she finished fifth, and clinched the gold at the 2019 Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship with a throw of 60.25m. She made history at the 24th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, when she became the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier in discus throw, and finished at the top of the podium second time in a row.
Kamalpreet Kaur’s punishment comes into force retroactively – March 29, 2022.
