The National Anti-doping Agency’s decision to prune the number of athletes it tests in domestic meets has left the national federations worried it would encourage athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. BIG NAMES FAILLast year, ahead of the Rio Olympics, three high-profile athletes—shot putter Inderjeet Singh, sprinter Dharambir Singh and Priyanka Panwar failed dope tests. The roll back on dope tests comes despite the sports ministry according it high priority. Officials of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF), another Olympic discipline that has seen a high number of doping cases, are confused. Before the Rio Games, top athletes were subjected to random dope tests in the national camps as well as the domestic meets.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2017 13:51 UTC