CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Olympian Kamalpreet Kaur has been suspended by AIU for testing positive for a banned substance “stanozolol”?
A
Table Tennis
B
Javelin Throw
C
Discus Throw
D
Shooting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The AIU has banned Kamalpreet Kaur of India for 3 years for the Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Stanozolol), starting from 29 March 2022. DQ results from 7 March 2022. What is stanozolol?

Detailed explanation-2: -Kaur, 26, became an overnight star after finishing sixth at the Tokyo Olympics and the only Indian woman to break the 65 metres barrier but she was provisionally suspended after testing positive for Stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid, in May 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -The AIU sought the opinion of its scientific advisor on the tests and reports. His conclusion was “the use of the reference protein supplement as documented and described by the athlete was not compatible with the adverse analytical finding as a matter of pharmacokinetics.”

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