In November 2022 the India National Anti-Doping Agency (INADA) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the kabaddi player Shivam Chaudhary after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Metandienone.
Following notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete filed a statement in his defence and he was heard for the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of India (ADDPI).
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance and could not explain the source of the prohibited substance.
The Panel finds that the presence of a prohibited substance has been established in the Athelte'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, nor how the substance had entered his system.
Therefore the Panel decides on 8 April 2023 to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 30 November 2022.
