{"id":296355,"date":"2023-10-19T19:12:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296355"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:12:44","slug":"seven-of-eight-sprinters-pull-out-of-race-once-anti-doping-officials-set-to-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/athletics\/seven-of-eight-sprinters-pull-out-of-race-once-anti-doping-officials-set-to-attend\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven of eight sprinters pull out of race once anti-doping officials set to attend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just one sprinter ran in the 100 metres final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games <\/p>\n

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By the time Lalit Kumar crouched at the starting blocks for the men\u2019s 100 metres final at the Delhi state athletics meet on Tuesday, the 20-year-old was only ever going to finish first.<\/p>\n

All seven of Kumar\u2019s opponents withdrew from the race at the capital\u2019s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium citing cramp or muscle strains. However, organisers suspect they pulled out after getting wind of the imminent arrival of officials from India\u2019s anti-doping agency (NADA).<\/p>\n

\u201cAn odd withdrawal is understandable, but when seven runners withdraw, you know something is fishy,\u201d Sandeep Mehta, secretary of the Delhi Athletics Association (DAA), told Reuters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some throwers as well who disappeared before competition and all of them should be tested by NADA. We are sharing with them details of the athletes who fled.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf any of them return adverse results, we will ban them in Delhi and will recommend the Athletics Federation of India does the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mehta also confirmed that some athletes from the meet did not turn up to collect their medals, raising more doping suspicions.<\/p>\n

NADA Director General Vimal Anand was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

Doping is a serious problem in India. The country ranked second behind Russia in anti-doping rule violations in a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report published in May.<\/p>\n

Kumar, who was hailed on social media for being an \u201chonest athlete in a dirty sport\u201d, was dismayed at how the competition panned out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really looking forward to running against the best athletes, but nobody turned up,\u201d he told the Indian Express newspaper. \u201cEveryone was scared of getting tested. As an athlete, I feel very hurt and let down.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DAA said it had decided to award Kumar a medal and certificate even though he was the lone runner in the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did compete with others in the heats, and it\u2019s not his fault that opponents disappeared before the final,\u201d Mehta said. \u201cWe believe it would be wrong to deny him his medal and the certificate, and he will have them soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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