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Handed a 21-month ban for failing a dope test, Indian gymnastics ace Dipa Karmakar on Saturday said she accepted provisional suspension after returning positive for a banned drug to swiftly resolve her case with the international federation.
Karmakar, however, claimed that she “unknowingly ingested” the prohibited substance Higenamine — S3 Beta-2 Agonists as per WADA prohibited list — which was found in her dope sample.
— Dipa Karmakar (@DipaKarmakar) February 4, 2023
“…I unknowingly ingested and could not determine the source of (the banned substance). I decided to take a provisional suspension with the hope of a swift resolution with the international federation,” Karmakar wrote on her Twitter handle, indicating that she had admitted to the doping rule violation.
