Mandeep Kaur
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Mandeep Kaur is an India
n athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, she failed to pass the first round. Mandeet Kaur won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in 4x400 m relay event and in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games
.
On June 29, 2011, Reuters
reported that she had tested positive for the anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol
during off-season tests, following the same day announcement of the Athletics Federation of India. She blamed the results on tainted food supplements, and denied taking any banned substance knowingly. After a total of 6 Indian female 400m runners tested positive, including Mandeep's teammates at the Commonwealth Games, Ashwini Akkunji
and Sini Jose
, the team coach, Ukrainian Yuri Ogrodnik, was fired by India's Sport's Minister Ajay Maken.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, she failed to pass the first round. Mandeet Kaur won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in 4x400 m relay event and in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
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On June 29, 2011, Reuters
Reuters
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reported that she had tested positive for the anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol
Stanozolol
Stanozolol, commonly sold under the name Winstrol , Tenabol and Winstrol Depot , was developed by Winthrop Laboratories in 1962...
during off-season tests, following the same day announcement of the Athletics Federation of India. She blamed the results on tainted food supplements, and denied taking any banned substance knowingly. After a total of 6 Indian female 400m runners tested positive, including Mandeep's teammates at the Commonwealth Games, Ashwini Akkunji
Ashwini Akkunji
Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji is an Indian sprint athlete from Siddapura, Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka who specializes in 400 metres.Ashwini has won Gold Medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay team event with Manjeet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and...
and Sini Jose
Sini Jose
Sini Jose is an Indian sprint athlete from Ernakulam district, Kerala who specializes in 400 metres. Sini won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay event with Manjeet Kaur, A. C. Ashwini, and Mandeep Kaur.-Biography:Sini hails from Avoli, a village in...
, the team coach, Ukrainian Yuri Ogrodnik, was fired by India's Sport's Minister Ajay Maken.