Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh at Asian Games 2023. Bengaluru: Asian Games Silver medalist in men’s 10,000 meters, Kumar, failed outside the doping tests performed by the American anti -doping agency (USADA) during its recent training stint in the United States.
According to sources, the Kumar sample gathered the officials at the end of February from its training base in Colorado Springs, returned an unfavorable analytical find for testosterone and its metabolites. Another sample, which was collected in mid -March, also returned a positive test, the parties were informed.
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The positive result of Kumar, which will become 26 next month, came as shocking for athletics experts when Kumar came hard on the ladder. At the Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023, Kumar made an excellent race that would end up second in India in India in 25 years in 28: 15,38s BC, which took bronze. Meanwhile, sources added that Gulveer’s samples collected in the same data have returned negative results.
“It was a view of the medal for the next month for the Asian Athletic Meeting in Gumi, South Korea. The gold medal would win an berth on the worlds as a continental champion. Otherwise, he was sure he would qualify through the world ranking,” expert Toi said.
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According to sources, Army athlete Kumar, who was in the US together with the national record Gulveer to train under coach Scott Simmons, believe that supplements purchased at his birthplace in Sahanpur could be a reason to fail.
Kumar, who returned to India at the end of last month, got into the main form before the big meetings scheduled by the end of this year. On 14 and 28 February: 10,000 meters in San Juan Capistrano he operated in San Juan Capistrano. His personal best at 10,000 meters is 28: 01.9 set in May 2024 and 13: 37.64s at 5000 meters, which were set last March.
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