CWG 2022: PCI president Deepa Malik ‘shattered’ as two Birmingham-bound para athletes Aneesh Kumar and Geeta get dropped from CWG squad after failing drug test for banned substance

CWG 2022: Failed Drug Test: The Commonwealth Games 2022 has not even started, and Indian athletes have started to grab headlines for wrong reasons. After CWG-bound Dhanalakshmi Sekar and Aishwarya Babu were dropped from CWG squad for positive dope test, two para-athletes – Aneesh Kumar Surendran Pillai and Geeta – have met the same fate for failing the drug test. PCI president Deepa Malik is shattered to learn about the recent developments. Follow Commonwealth Games live updates with InsideSport.IN

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Aneesh Kumar Surendran Pillai and Geeta were set to represent India in the men’s shot put and powerlifting respectively. They have been dropped from the squad for Birmingham Commonwealth Games and a provisional ban has been handed out to them.

CWG 2022: PCI president Deepa Malik ‘shattered’ as two Birmingham-bound para athletes Aneesh Kumar and Geeta get dropped from CWG squad after failing drug test for banned substance

“I am shattered to hear the news. I feel sad for the athletes and their unnecessary need to t take shortcuts. We will hold our own inquiry into the matter,” Times of India quoted Malik as saying.

“We are concerned as a federation despite doing so much to create awareness about doping, hosting webinars and personally interacting with the athletes. It gives me immense pain when I hear such a thing. We have a zero-tolerance policy for doping.”

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— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 24, 2022

What really happened? Both the para-athletes have failed the drug test for a banned substance. It was an out-of-competition testing conducted by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA).

Their samples were collected in different places. For Aneesh, it was collected in Pune while it was in Delhi for powerlifter Geeta. Traces of the banned substance were found in their urine samples . As for Geeta, it showed presence of anabolic steroid.

This news comes at a time when the Commonwealth Games is just a few days away. The opening ceremony for the Birmingham Games is scheduled for July 28.

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