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Nitu Sharma reported for doping violation

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NEW DELHI: Delhi lifter Nitu Sharma has been reported for a doping violation during the National weightlifting championship in Yamuna Nagar last month.

A doping officer is reported to have caught Sharma while he tried to manipulate his urine sample soon after winning the men's 94kg gold on December 28, according to a report forwarded to the Indian weightlifting federation by the Sports Authority of India (SAI).

"Nitu Sharma had tied a plastic bottle to his waist. He tried to manipulate his urine sample but was caught before he could do so," the doping officer mentioned in his report

The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) regulations call for immediate action against any athlete found manipulating the urine sample. The doping officer at Yamuna Nagar, however, confiscated the plastic bottle Sharma had allegedly carried inside the dope control station and then asked the lifter to provide his urine sample. Thirty lifters are currently at the NIS, Patiala, training in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. The Indian team for the Melbourne Games would be selected on February 7.

The federation had not picked Sharma or any other lifter in the men's 94kg class for the camp. Sharma had lifted 145kg in snatch and 174kg in clean and jerk to win the gold at the National.

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