The International Weightlifting Federation has dropped the doping charge against Indian weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu due to “non-c...
The International Weightlifting Federation has dropped the doping charge against Indian weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu due to “non-conformities” in the handling of her sample but the Commonwealth Games gold-medallist has also demanded an apology and compensation for the “trauma” she has endured.
The IWF made the decision based on the recommendation of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The 26-year-old, who claimed innocence since the beginning, was informed about the final verdict via an e-mail, signed by IWF’s legal counsel Lilla Sagi.
“Wada recommends – out of fairness to the athlete – that the case against the athlete based on the sample be closed’,” the e-mail from IWF read.
It said that IWF was told by Wada on May 28 that there were “certain non-conformities” at the time of the analysis of Chanu’s sample.
“As a result, the IWF has decided to withdraw the charges against the Athlete based on sample 159 90 00 and to close the matter,” the statement added.
Last month, Wada revealed that it had partially suspended the accreditation of a laboratory in Salt Lake City, the one that tested Chanu’s sample, for a month in 2019 due to “non-conformities” relating to its documents.
“I am happy in the sense that I am finally and officially clear from the doping...
