India's Star Javelin Thrower At Tokyo Olympics Fails Dope Test, Stares At 8-Year Ban
"Yes, he has tested positive for a banned substance. It's his second dope offence," a source privy to the development told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
If proven guilty and handed a lengthy ban, Shivpal's career will be as good as over.
Under the NADA and WADA rules, an athlete can be banned for a maximum eight years for a second doping offence.
Shivpal's best achievement in his career is the silver medal he had won at the 2019 Asian Championships in Doha, where he had thrown his personal best of 86.23m.
Earlier in 2021, Shivpal's dope sample had tested positive for a steroid in an out-of-competition test. The Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of NADA, in August 2022, had handed him a four-year ban beginning from 2021, holding him guilty of committing a doping offence.
He was to serve the ban till 2025 but was able to argue successfully before the Appeal Panel of the NADA that "contaminated supplements" were behind his flunked dope test.
The Appeal Panel, in January 2023, accepted his contention and reduced the ban period from four years to just one.
He returned to action in April 2023 and won a bronze at the National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar in June that year. He also won gold in the 2023 National Games in Goa.
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