Ashwini Akkunji

Dope, Olympic flop show mar Indian athletics in 2012

The list includes the likes of double Asian Games gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji who are now serving a two-year ban for doping. ...  

Indian athletes top IAAF list of dope offenders

New Delhi: India has nothing to boast of in terms of achievements at world stage in athletics, but the country has topped in the number offenders caught for doping under IAAF rules. In the latest IAAF list of dope offenders updated till October 31, a whopping 40 Indian athletes figured in the list out of 204 dope offenders all over the world. Among the top Indians in the list were...  

Indian athletes seek to redeem reputation

London: Indian track and field athletes begin their campaign in the London Olympics on Friday, seeking to redeem their reputation, which lay in tatters due to the doping scandal that marred their splendid show in the 2010 Asian Games. Indian athletics was hit by the steroid doping scandal that involved six top quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji and her three 4X400m relay quartet members which won gold...  

Dope-tainted Ind women athletes lose ban case

New Delhi: The six Indian women athletes, who were caught for steroid doping last year, lost their case in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland as it upheld the IAAF's appeal to impose two-year ban on them. A NADA panel had handed a lenient one-year ban on the six quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, on the ground that they did not know that...