The Indian Javelin launcher DP Manu received a four -year doping ban by Nada after having tested positive for methyltestosterone during the Indian Grand Prix 2024. Its suspension is rear until June 2024, which means that it will be without action until June 2028.
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The Indian Javelin launcher DP Manu was slapped with a four-year suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). Manu was one of 134 athletes appointed in the list published by the Nada Disciplinary Disciplinary Panel (Addp) of January 13, 2025, which said that the 25 -year -old had been temporarily suspended after being tested positive for methylteosterone, a prohibited substance.
Now he received a four-year ban on being tested positive during the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru in 2024. His suspension was returned to June 24, 2024, the day he was temporarily suspended before the national inter-state athletics championships.
What does the prohibition for Manu mean?
Manu will not now be eligible to compete until June 2028, the leader of Asian Games of 2026 and potentially the 2028 Olympic Games. Manu, who owns a personal record of 84.35 m (reached in 2022), was a serious competitor for the Olympic qualification through the world classification.
The ban on the promising career of Manu, which included a silver medal at the 2023 Asian athletic championships and a sixth place at the Budapest World Championships the same year with 84.14 m. He had also obtained a respectable fifth place at the Commonwealth 2022 Games in Birmingham with a launch of 82.28 m.
