In February 2018 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the Athlete Simarjit Kaur after her sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Meldonium.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in her defence and she was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI).
The Athlete stated that she had used supplements during training and prescribed medication as treatment for her injury. She could not explain how the substance entered her system and when requested she could not produce the supplements in question because they were not available anymore.
The Panel finds that the Athlete had used supplements without any research or consultation of any expert before using. The Panel deems that she failed to establish how the substance entered her system nor that the violation was not intentional.
Therefore the ADDPI decides on 3 October 2018 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete starting on de date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 6 February 2018.
