Shuttler Popat banned for doping

Shuttler Popat banned for doping

JAKARTA (JP): The International Badminton Federation (IBF)
announced early this week that it had banned Aparna Popat, a
member of the Indian Uber Cup team, after she was found guilty of
consuming Phenylpropanolamine at a concentration level above the
International Olympics Committee (IOC) limit.

The IBF Disciplinary Committee stated that it decided Popat
had inadvertently taken the banned substance which was contained
in the D'Cold Total medication she consumed.

IBF media officer Lindsay Bell said in the release made
available to The Jakarta Post that Popat was banned for three
months starting from March 13 and ending on June 12. She will
also have to forfeit the world ranking points acquired during the
Uber Cup qualifying round matches in New Delhi in February.

IBF Chief Executive Neil Cameron said: "I am disappointed that
this case means that our antidoping education actions have proved
insufficient. Therefore, we must redouble our efforts." (yan)