Overview
- Mohammad Yunus Khan was placed on NADA’s provisional suspension list on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and is charged under Article 2.9 for alleged complicity in an anti‑doping rule violation.
- Article 2.9 covers assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or other intentional complicity in a doping violation, and NADA applied that provision to Khan.
- NADA and reporting outlets have not disclosed the specific conduct or evidence behind the charge and have not confirmed any direct link between Khan’s suspension and Kartik Kumar’s 2025 USADA ban.
- Khan is a former national runner and an Army Sports Institute coach who helped develop athletes such as Gulveer Singh and Kartik Kumar, so the suspension could affect current training arrangements and reputations of those he worked with.
- The NADA provisional list also names multiple athletes across athletics, wrestling, weightlifting and judo, the matter is under active investigation, and further inquiry or a hearing will determine whether the provisional ban becomes a formal sanction.