CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The ban on Karmakar flies on her face as well as on the Gymnastic Federation of India officials who have been claiming ignorance after she was put in the “suspended” category by the FIG in February last year.

Detailed explanation-2: -In competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors as a way of cheating in sports.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian athletes were involved 152 times in dope-related activities in the year 2019. The report has revealed the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which has put India into the top-three of the world’s biggest violators behind Russia (167) and Italy (157).

Detailed explanation-4: -Substances and techniques that are prohibited by WADA fall into the following categories: androgens, blood doping, peptide hormones, stimulants, diuretics, narcotics, and cannabinoids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Affected sports Because beta-blockers lower the heart rate and have a strongly relaxing effect, and also because they prevent muscle trembling, abuse for doping purposes occurs in sports that require particular accuracy and concentration, e.g. in shooting, archery, darts, golf and snooker.