International Weightlifting Federation lifts ban on India’s Sanjita Chanu
Indian female weightlifter Sanjita Chanu Khumukcham has had her ban revoked by the International Weightlifting Federation on Wednesday. Chanu, who won the gold medal for India at the Gold Coast CWG last year, had tested positive for anabolic steroid testosterone in her urine sample.
Indians all across the country were left shocked when female weightlifter, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, was banned after her urine sample, which was taken prior to the World Championships in November, tested positive for anabolic steroid testosterone. However, International Weightlifting Federation has announced that they have revoked that ban on Wednesday.
“On the basis of the information at its
“The IWF Hearing Panel will render its decision on the athlete’s case in due course,” the IWF legal Counsel Eva Nyirfa said in a letter as per PTI sources.
Earlier, Sanjita had won the gold medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in the women’s 53kg category. The 25-year-old Indian lifter was then put under provisional suspension in May last year. In Gold Coast, Sanjita had set a new Commonwealth Games record with a lift of 84 kg in snatch and 108 kg in clean and jerk, to finish with a total lift of 192 kg.