Overview
- The Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel issued the penalty after confirming Manju Bala’s positives for dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone and LGD-4033 (Ligandrol).
- Her ineligibility is effective retroactively from July 10, 2024, following an October 15 ruling that traced the violation to tests flagged in September 2024.
- In the same batch of decisions, Mohan Saini received a four-year ban starting October 14, 2025.
- Bodybuilders Gopala Krishnan, Amit Kumar, and Rajvardhan Sanjay Waskar were each banned for six years, with Shubham Mahara suspended for four.
- Additional sanctions included a two-year ban for boxer Sumit, four years for canoeist Nitin Verma, six years for basketball player Shivendra Pandey, and an appeal-panel affirmation of sprinter Himani Chandel’s four-year ban.