With the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), dropping the doping allegation against Sanjita Chanu, the two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist could be conferred with Arjuna Award this year.
With the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), dropping the doping allegation against Sanjita Chanu, the two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist could be conferred with Arjuna Award this year.
The weightlifter had filed a petition before the Delhi High Court in 2017 challenging the national awards committee’s decision to ignore her for the Arjuna Award in 2017. Chanu had won successive weightlifting gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 CWG.
As per the order of the HC in May 2018, the awards committee was directed to consider her name, however, during that period, she was accused of doping by the IWF. The HC had then asked the committee to keep their decision in a sealed envelope and was to be disclosed if Chanu is cleared of the charge.
With the IWF dropping the allegations, they have written a letter to the Sports Ministry to comply with the HC order.
“Now the dope positive case of Sanjita Chanu has been closed by an international federation, the order passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi on August 30, 2018, must be complied with and Sanjita (Chanu) will be conferred Arjuna Award-2017 for which she applied or Arjuna Awards-2018 as per orders of the HC for her meritorious achievements in weightlifting,” the letter read.
About the doping case, it was marred by several anomalies and administrative goof-ups, that included assigning two different numbers to the same sample.
Once the athlete was informed of the decision by IWF via an email, she sought an apology and compensation for being accused by the global governing body and for robbing her the chance of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.
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