With the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), dropping the doping allegation against Sanjita Chanu, the two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist could be conferred with Arjuna Award this year. The weightlifter had filed a petition before the Delhi High Court in 2017 challenging the national awards committee’s decision to ignore her for the Arjuna Award in 2017. Chanu had won successive weightlifting gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 CWG. As per the order of the HC in May 2018, the awards committee was directed to consider her name, however, during that period, she was accused of doping by the IWF. Also read Former world weightlifting champion Mirabai Chanu nominated for Arjuna AwardAbout the doping case, it was marred by several anomalies and administrative goof-ups, that included assigning two different numbers to the same sample.

Source: dna June 11, 2020 12:00 UTC