In June 2023 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Kabaddi Athlete Durgesh Kumar after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Metandienone.
Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered and he was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI). The Athlete denied the use of the prohibited substance and could not explain how it had entered his system.
The Panel finds that the presence of prohibited substance has been established in the Athlete's sample and accordingly that he committed an anti-doping rule violation. The Panel deems that the Athlete failed to demonstrate that the violation was not intentional.
Therefore the ADDPI decides on 10 January 2024 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 9 June 2023.
