Bhubaneswar: Dutee Chand, India’s fastest woman athlete, has been banned from competitions for four years as she failed in the dope test for selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs).

Her ban period will be effective from January 3, 2023.

Subsequently, all the competitive results obtained by the athlete from the date of her sample collection (December 5, 2022) shall stand disqualified with all resulting consequences including forfeiture of medals, points and prizes, as per an order issued by the Anti Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP).

The ADDP further said though the athlete has satisfied the panel with the source of ingestion of the prohibited substance but was not able to establish the no significant fault or negligence. In view of the totality of circumstances, the athlete has failed to establish that the said anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) was unintentional due to following reasons: 1) The athlete instead of consulting a physician allegedly consulted her physiotherapist and consumed the medicines prescribed by her. 2) The athlete did not check the label with respect to the contents of the medicine consumed by her. 3) The athlete didn’t cross check the contents of the drugs with the latest published lists of prohibited substances by WADA.

Dutee was tested twice on December 5 and 26 of 2022 by National Anti-Doping Agency’s dope control officers in Bhubaneswar. While her first sample revealed the presence of anabolic agents andarine, ostarine and ligandrol, the second sample had traces of andarine and ostarine, reports said.