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NEW DELHI: Where is the Indian gymnastics poster girl Dipa Karmakar since March of this year when information about her ‘suspended’ status on international waves exercise Federation website (FIG) first broke out? Several theories have ranged from her being punished for an ethical or disciplinary issue to a possible possibility. doping violation.
Sports governing authorities in India remain tight-lipped on the matter, as is the FIG. Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) and National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
TOI can now confirm that the girl ‘Produnova’ Dipa, who changed the face of gymnastics in India after finishing in a breakthrough fourth place in the women’s diving final at the Olympics Rio 2016 festival, currently banned for two years because of a doping violations according to the rules of residence.
Multiple sources have told this publication that Dipa will be suspended from the second half of 2021 because she does not respect the shelter-in-place guidelines required by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Attempted to contact by phone with GFI president Sudhir Mittal, Dipa and her longtime coach, Bishweshwar Nandi, as their response did not receive any response. The trio also did not respond to messages sent separately on their whatsapp chats.
A separate email sent to FIG’s communications department received a ‘no comment’ response.
“FIG has no further comment on this matter. Thank you for your understanding,” wrote Loïc Vidmer, FIG’s medical director of anti-doping and secretary of the disciplinary committee.
It is reported that Sports Authority of India (SAI) and NADA officials have blamed Nandi, who has coached Dipa since she was a child and who helped her rise to the top, for the failure of the sport. Award-winning gymnasts Padma Shri, Khel Ratna and Arjuna. files her whereabouts on the WADA-administered ‘Anti-Doping Management System’ (ADAMS), which is designed to secure information regarding athletes, support staff and anti-government organisations. doping for an effective out-of-competition testing program.
If an athlete in the Registered Test Group (RTP) commits three accommodation errors (possibly a combination of failure to submit and/or missed tests) within a 12-month period months, that would constitute an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and would result in a ban from circulation for 12 to 24 months (first offense) or more for subsequent violations.
All athletes on the RTP list are required to provide their whereabouts quarterly, including their overnight address, activity schedule, schedule and location, as well as a 60-minute time slot every day. days for each day that they will be available and accessible to test and (will) be responsible for a test that is likely to be missed.
In Dipa’s case, it was Nandi’s responsibility to submit her whereabouts information on ADAMS as an ‘athlete agent’. However, athletes are ultimately responsible for their whereabouts and therefore cannot shirk responsibility by blaming their agent for providing incorrect information about whereabouts. their location or do not update their whereabouts if they are not at the location specified by them during the 60-minute time slot.
SAI brushed off the suspension by claiming that Nandi was a coach of the Tripura government’s state sports department and did not work on the department’s payroll.
NADA, according to sources, is annoyed with Nandi for damaging Dipa’s career and wants to initiate action against him within its jurisdiction, like the one that met with the athletics coach. Mickey Menzes of Mumbai, who was banned for 4 years and fined Rs 50,000 for injecting a banned substance, Drostanolone, into his practitioner Kirti Bhoite, who is currently serving a two-year ban.
A list of gymnasts – 13 in total – was shared with this reporter by a source who apparently mentioned Dipa’s name among the athletes suspended by the FIG, with advocacy Indian member is single entry. Additionally, a search of Dipa’s profile on the ‘biography’ section of the FIG on Friday yielded no results, where she was described in March as ‘suspended’. The licensing section, which divides gymnasts into ‘active, retired and suspended’, did not mention Dipa’s name.
Dipa has struggled with injuries since she underwent surgery to repair an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in 2017. Her last FIG event was the 2019 World Cup in Baku. She did not compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after failing to qualify due to a knee injury.

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