{"id":246373,"date":"2026-06-02T12:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/athletics-middle-distance-runner-deeksha-tests-positive\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:24:22","slug":"athletics-middle-distance-runner-deeksha-tests-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/athletics-middle-distance-runner-deeksha-tests-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"ATHLETICS | Middle distance runner Deeksha tests positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/gg01he\/article71052755.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/2150_16_6_2023_20_11_3_1_ATHLETICS_KMDEEKSHA_16062023_01.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/gg01he\/article71052755.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/2150_16_6_2023_20_11_3_1_ATHLETICS_KMDEEKSHA_16062023_01.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/gg01he\/article71052755.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/2150_16_6_2023_20_11_3_1_ATHLETICS_KMDEEKSHA_16062023_01.JPG\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/gg01he\/article71052755.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/2150_16_6_2023_20_11_3_1_ATHLETICS_KMDEEKSHA_16062023_01.JPG\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    File photo of K.M. Deeksha of Madhya Pradesh winning the women&#8217;s 1500m event at the 62nd National Inter State Athletics Championship at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on June 16, 2023.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71052458\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The National record holder in women\u2019s 1500m, K.M. Deeksha, has tested positive for a banned substance and is likely to miss the Commonwealth Games, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Deeksha, who set the National record of 4:04.78 in Los Angeles two years ago, last competed at the Indian Open Athletics Series in Jaipur on April 5 and clocked 4:25.74. She skipped the Federation meet, a crucial qualifying event for the Commonwealth Games, in Ranchi last month.<\/p>\n<p>Deeksha\u2019s coach S.K. Prasad said she left the Madhya Pradesh Athletics Academy (MPAA) in April. \u201cShe sought a \u2018no objection certificate\u2019 to represent Uttar Pradesh, perhaps with an aim to get a good job there. But we said if she wants to continue with the MPAA, then she must represent Madhya Pradesh,\u201d Prasad told <i>The Hindu<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; June 02, 2026 05:54 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/athletics-middle-distance-runner-deeksha-tests-positive\/article71052458.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo of K.M. Deeksha of Madhya Pradesh winning the women&#8217;s 1500m event at the 62nd National Inter State Athletics Championship at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on June 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR The National record holder in women\u2019s 1500m, K.M. Deeksha, has tested positive for a banned substance and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-246373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}