The latest verdict from the International Disciplinary Tribunal which has punished the 31-year-old with probably a career-ending four-year ban, will also strip her of the Asian gold. Had it come earlier, she would not have gone to Doha and it would have saved the country a lot of embarrassment. However poor an athlete is, a sprint loses its charm when a dubious candidate walks away with the gold. It is also unfair to clean athletes and their years of sacrifice. Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, emphatically said: “There is monitoring going on all the time by major national anti-doping agencies, AIU (Athletics Integrity Unit) and WADA.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2020 18:33 UTC