Overview

• The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended Sneha Kolleri for testing positive for stanozolol, a performance-enhancing anabolic steroid.
• Varsha Tekam was provisionally suspended for allegedly evading, refusing, or failing to submit to a doping test under Article 2.3 of anti-doping rules.
• Kolleri's positive test stemmed from an in-competition sample collected during the National Relay Championships in Chandigarh last month.
• Both athletes are barred from competition and training activities under provisional suspensions, pending formal hearings to determine their final sanctions.
• India's 4x400m relay team, now missing Kolleri and another injured athlete, has arrived in Gumi, South Korea, for the Asian Championships starting Tuesday.