Indian weightlifter Seema banned for doping

Seema, an Indian woman weightlifter, who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Championship two years ago, has been given a four-year suspension  for doping, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said on Saturday.

Seema's dope sample was collected this year during the 34th Women National Weightlifting Championship in Vishakhapatnam. "Presence of prohibited substances were found in her system during an ongoing Championship to enhance her performance which amounted to a clear cut case of cheating and outright violation of National Anti-Doping rules," the NADA said a statement.

It said "the analysis report of her sample returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for presence of a prohibited substance namely Hydroxy-4-methoxy Temoxifen (Metabolite of Tamoxifen), Selective Estrogen Receptor Modular (SERM) Metenolone, Anabolic Steroid Ostarine ( Enobosram), Selective Androgen Receptor Modular (SARM)."

They are all non-specified substances as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list of 2019.

Seema had been given a four-year suspension by NADA's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) following the hearing on her positive test for banned performance enhancing drugs.

Seema won a silver medal in the 2017 Commonwealth Championships and finished sixth in the women's 75kg competition at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018.