In a new low for Indian athletics, 108 Indian track & field athletes were named in the 29-page Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) list of sanctions for doping and non-doping violations, as of January 1, 2025.
The list includes Tokyo 2020 Olympian Kamalpreet Kaur, the shot putter, who was banned for three years, starting March 29, 2022, due to doping violation.
Her samples had been tested at a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited lab in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she was found positive for consuming the banned substance stanozolol, an anabolic steroid that is in the list of banned substances as per the World Athletics.
India has the second-largest list behind running powerhouse Kenya.
● 119: Kenya
● 108: India
● 73: Russia
● 26: China
● 20: Turkey
● 18: Italy
● 18: South Africa
● 17: Ukraine
● 16: United States
● 15: Morocco
● 14: Ethiopia
● 11: France
● 10: Belarus
● 10: Kuwait
● 10: Nigeria
Check out the entire list here:
World Athletics has 214 recognised federations, out of which 139 are on the list.
The AIU, was founded by World Athletics in 2017, to combat doping and address other forms of ethical misconduct in the sport of athletics. Based in Monaco, the organization operates independently, fulfilling World Anti-Doping Code requirements.