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According to a report on Deccan Herald, Indian athlete Gomathi Marimuthu has tested positive for using a banned substance. The DH report has further added that 30-year-old Marimuthu is expected not to travel to Spala in Poland where the Indian athletes are now training after the positive result.

India sprinter Dutee Chand broke her own national record as she recorded a timing of 11.28 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday. Meanwhile, Hima Das failed to make the semis as she suffered a severe back cramp in the 400m heats.

With many top-level athletes in India not participating in the Indian Grand Prix series this year, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) may open up the event for international players next year. AFI secretary CK Valson has stated that the standard of the competition will go up with this move.

Dutee Chand has stated that the fight against 'hyperandrogenism' policy is not only about her and Caster Semenya but it is about the dignity and honour of the female athletes. The sprinter was banned from participating in the Commonwealth and Asian Games in 2014 after she had failed the gender test.