New Delhi: The International Weightlifting Federation on Wednesday cleared the deck for Indian lifters' participation in the January 29-February 8 South Asian Games after the national body paid USD 50,000 as first installment of the USD 500,000 fine imposed on it by IWF.
The IWF has imposed the fine on Indian Weightlifting Federation after six of its lifters had flunked dope tests conducted by WADA and NADA in September last year.
"When the fine was imposed on India the SAF Games was knocking at the door, so the Indian federation did not get much time and paid the first installment," Indian Olympic Association secretary-general Randhir Singh told PTI.
"The international federation has sent letters to their Indian counterpart, IOA, Asian Weightlifting Federation and also the SAF Games asuthority informing the eligibility criteria of the Indian lifters' in the Dhaka event," he added.
The IWF earlier cracked the whip on the offenders and banned Shailaja Pujari for life, imposed a fine of USD 5,500 on Vicky Butta and Harbhajan Singh and USD 5,000 on four other lifters -- Rajesh Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Sunita Rani (Punjab), A Vijayadevi (Jharkhand) and Pujari.
"However, in any case the Indian federation has to pay the whole amount of USD 500,00 before the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in order to participate there. Now the Indian federation and the international body will work out the timeframe, number and amounts of installments to be paid," Randhir said.
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