Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet Kaur might lose her Asian Athletics Championships gold medal after being tested positive for a banned stimulant.
Kaur, who won a gold medal at the recently-concluded AAC in Bhubaneswar, tested positive for stimulant dimethylbutylamine.
The test was conducted by National Anti-Doping Officials during the Federation Cup National Championships held in Patiala from 1-4 June.
She has not been put under provisional suspension as dimethylbutylamine is a specified substance under the WADA Code, but India will lose the gold medal she won in Bhubaneswar if her confirmatory urine sample 'B' test also returns positive.
"Manpreet has tested positive in a test conducted during the Federation Cup in June. Her urine sample has been found to have stimulant dimethylbutylamine," an Athletics Federation of India official told PTI.
"We have been notified by NADA about this last night," he said.
When contacted for a response, Manpreet's coach Karamjeet, who is also her husband, said, "We have not yet been told about anything."
Manpreet has already qualified for next month's World Championships to be held in London, but the latest development may rule her out of the mega event.
"We have not thought about it (about her World Championships participation). But we cannot lose our face on that big stage. We have to figure out about that," the AFI official added.
Manpreet had set a national record in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix meet in Jinhua (China) with a throw of 18.86m, which fetched her a gold as well as a World Championships berth.
Later, she won a gold each in the Federation Cup, Asian Championships and the National Inter-State Championships which concluded at Guntur on Tuesday.
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