<div align="justify">Top Indian shot-putter Manpreet Kaur was today suspended provisionally for her second dope offence after she tested positive for a banned steroid, just a couple of days after her first dope flunk.<br /><br />Manpreet has tested positive for a banned steroid and stimulant dimethylbutylamine in a test conducted on her urine sample taken on April 24 during the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Meet at Jinhua in China.<br /><br />The 27-year-old Punjab athlete had hurled the shot put to a distance of 18.86m at the Chinese city (which was then the world leading performance) to win the gold and book a berth for World Championships to be held in London from August 4-13.<br /><br />Manpreet had also won a gold medal in the recently-concluded Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.<br /><br />She will now miss the World Championships as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has suspended her provisionally for her dope offence.<br /><br />"We have been informed that she (Manpreet) has tested positive for a steroid and stimulant (dimethylbutylamine). She has been handed provisional suspension by the AFI. She will now be dropped from World Championships team," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told PTI.<br /><br />The Asian Grand Prix comes under the aegis of the continental governing body, the Asian Athletics Association.<br /><br />If her 'B' sample also returns positive, Manpreet could face a ban of upto four years for a first time dope offence.<br /><br />Manpreet's second dope offence came a day after she tested positive for the banned stimulant dimethylbutylamine from her urine sample collected by National Anti-Doping Agency Officials during the Federation Cup National Championships held in Patiala from June 1-4.<br /><br />It is a massive embarrassment for the country which might lose the gold medal clinched by Manpreet earlier this month in Bhubaneswar.<br /><br />She was not put under provisional suspension after her first offence as dimethylbutylamine is a specified substance under the WADA Code but India will lose the gold medal she won in Bhubaneswar if her confirmatory urine sample 'B' test also returns positive.<br /><br />Manpreet had also won a gold in the National Inter-State Championships which concluded at Guntur on July 18.</div>
<div align="justify">Top Indian shot-putter Manpreet Kaur was today suspended provisionally for her second dope offence after she tested positive for a banned steroid, just a couple of days after her first dope flunk.<br /><br />Manpreet has tested positive for a banned steroid and stimulant dimethylbutylamine in a test conducted on her urine sample taken on April 24 during the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Meet at Jinhua in China.<br /><br />The 27-year-old Punjab athlete had hurled the shot put to a distance of 18.86m at the Chinese city (which was then the world leading performance) to win the gold and book a berth for World Championships to be held in London from August 4-13.<br /><br />Manpreet had also won a gold medal in the recently-concluded Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.<br /><br />She will now miss the World Championships as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has suspended her provisionally for her dope offence.<br /><br />"We have been informed that she (Manpreet) has tested positive for a steroid and stimulant (dimethylbutylamine). She has been handed provisional suspension by the AFI. She will now be dropped from World Championships team," AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told PTI.<br /><br />The Asian Grand Prix comes under the aegis of the continental governing body, the Asian Athletics Association.<br /><br />If her 'B' sample also returns positive, Manpreet could face a ban of upto four years for a first time dope offence.<br /><br />Manpreet's second dope offence came a day after she tested positive for the banned stimulant dimethylbutylamine from her urine sample collected by National Anti-Doping Agency Officials during the Federation Cup National Championships held in Patiala from June 1-4.<br /><br />It is a massive embarrassment for the country which might lose the gold medal clinched by Manpreet earlier this month in Bhubaneswar.<br /><br />She was not put under provisional suspension after her first offence as dimethylbutylamine is a specified substance under the WADA Code but India will lose the gold medal she won in Bhubaneswar if her confirmatory urine sample 'B' test also returns positive.<br /><br />Manpreet had also won a gold in the National Inter-State Championships which concluded at Guntur on July 18.</div>