Dp Manu has been banned for four years for testing positive for a prohibed Substance Methyltestosterone.
Manu, who won a silver medal at the 2023 Asian championships and finished Sixth at the Budapest World Championships – Where Neeraj Chopra Won the Gold Medal and Kishore Jena Finished Fifth, was tested Prix 1 in Bengaluru in April 2024, where he won the competition with a throw of 81.91m. Nada found traces of the anabolic -andenic steroid in his sample.
The 25-year-old from karnataka was also in the running for a spot in the 2024 paris olympics via the world rankings. But the provisional suspension meant he had to give up the dream.
The sample was found positive for the banned Substance under articles 2.1 and 2.2 of Nada’s anti-doping rules. These articles will with the presence and use of a prohibited Substance or method.
Folling the test, manu was provisionally suspended ahead of the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in June 2024, Ruining his chances of Qualifying for the Paris Olympics.
The verdict in manu’s case was delivered on March 3, 2025. His will be effective retrospectively from June 24, 2024, RULING HIM OUT of Competition Until Mid-2028, The year of the los of the los angels olympic.
