The current national 100 m record holder ace athlete Dutee Chand, has been banned for four-year from the National Anti-Doping Agency for failing an out-of-competition doping test for Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) in December last year.The prohibition will take effect on January 3 of this year, the day that NADA sent the letter, according to the document. Her whole record going back to the sample collection date of December 5 of last year will be void, and any medals, points, and awards will also be forfeited. Notably, the athlete is out of action since her samples have turned positive.Here is what the letter says:“According to Article 2.1 and/or Article 2.2 of the NADA ADR, the presence of the prohibited substance in an athletes sample and/or the use or attempted use of the prohibited substance by an athlete constitutes an ADRV, Accordingly, the NADA India is hereby notifying you that this AAF is being brought forward as an ADRV (Anti-Doping rule violation) pursuant to Article 2.1 of the ADR,” it added.Further, as per the letter, if the athlete does not accept the A-sample result, he or she has the right to, at her own expense to “request the opening and analysis of the B-Sample.”Notably, Dutee became the first Indian woman sprinter to win gold at 100 m event at Universiade, back in 2019.
