Ankit of Providers Sports activities Management Board and Jayesh Patil of Railways have been handed three-year bans by the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company after testing optimistic for the banned substance meldonium.
Ankit had completed third on the 69th Nationwide Cross Nation Championships, whereas Patil had secured fifth place within the occasion. Each athletes accepted the costs, leading to a one-year discount of their interval of ineligibility.
The bans got here into impact from February 25 for Ankit and February 27 for Patil.
The 20-year-old Patil can be the silver medallist within the 3000m steeplechase on the 2024 Junior Nationwide Championships.
Each athletes examined optimistic for meldonium, which falls beneath the banned substance record of the World Anti-Doping Company and generally linked to endurance enhancement.
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