New Delhi:Indian athlete Rani Yadav has tested positive for
the banned substance Nandrolone. She participated in the 20-kilometre walk but did not win a Coomonwealth Games medal. Yadav, who placed sixth in the women's
20-kilometre walk last Saturday, tested positive for the anabolic agent 19-Norandrosterone.
After two Nigerian sprinters failed dope test at the XIXth Commonwealth Games,
CGF President Michael Fennell announced on Wednesday that one Indian athlete has
flunked dope test during the ongoing sporting extravaganza, but declined to disclose
the name. "We have received another positive result. The notice has been issued
to the athlete and also the chef de mission. We are not declaring the name now.
As per the anti-doping practice, we can only publicise the name after the athlete
receives the notification," said Fennel, while addressing the customary morning
press conference here today. "We have no confirmation that the athlete has received
the notice. I am not able to give you the name now, but can only tell that it
is in athletics and the country is India ," he added. Nigerian sprinter Samuel
Okon, who finished sixth in the 110m hurdles final, was tested positive on Tuesday
for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine. Nigeria 's women's 100m gold medal
winner Osayemi Oludamola had also tested positive on Monday for the same substance.
