An embarrassed Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Wednesday pulled out dope-flunked shot putter P Udaya laxmi from the home squad for the ongoing Asian Championships here after she tested positive for a banned substance.
laxmi returned positive for stimulant methylhexaneamine in a test conducted by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on her ‘A’ sample taken during early last month’s National Inter-State Championships in Chennai.
AFI Secretary C K Valson said that 39-year-old laxmi has been ruled out of the Championships and sent back home in Andhra Pradesh. “We’ve got the intimation from the NADA about the adverse analytical finding and we have pulled her out from the Championships,” Valson said.