Jani Chathurangani Silva
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Jani Chathurangani Silva (born: August 21, 1981) is a Sri Lanka
n track and field
athlete who competes mainly in sprinting.
The Disciplinary Committee (DC) of the South Asian Games, Wijayadasa Rajapaksa delivered the controversial ruling at a news conference held at the National Sports Medicine Institute in Sri Lanka. Despite Silva guilty of taking a banned anabolic steroid Nandralone, Rajapaksa's DC cleared the 26-year-old woman sprinter of all charges.
Stating that the "chain of custody" of the medical investigation was not coordinated properly. Despite the Medical Committee stating that urine sample A contained a very high percentage of Nandralone and a high concentration like that can only go to blood by injection form. Silva was cleared of the charges and is allowed to continue athletics.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete who competes mainly in sprinting.
South Asian Games
In 2006 the South Asian Games held in Colombo, she clocked 11.76 seconds to take the women's 100m silver medal and was also part of the 4x100 relay team which won gold. After the games, during a doping test she tested positive for Nandrolone.Controversy
After the 2006 South Asian Games held in Colombo, she was tested positive for Nandrolone. She gave two urine sample A and B. Both contained high level of Nandrolone, sample A contained 27.5 ng/ml and sample B contained half as much a the first sample of 27.5 ng/ml. However the tolerance for doping by the world anti-doping body WADA is only 2 ng/ml. She was suspended pending further enquiries.The Disciplinary Committee (DC) of the South Asian Games, Wijayadasa Rajapaksa delivered the controversial ruling at a news conference held at the National Sports Medicine Institute in Sri Lanka. Despite Silva guilty of taking a banned anabolic steroid Nandralone, Rajapaksa's DC cleared the 26-year-old woman sprinter of all charges.
Stating that the "chain of custody" of the medical investigation was not coordinated properly. Despite the Medical Committee stating that urine sample A contained a very high percentage of Nandralone and a high concentration like that can only go to blood by injection form. Silva was cleared of the charges and is allowed to continue athletics.