Former Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman has been provisionally suspended for testing positive for a banned substance.<\/p>\n
Swapna, who claimed the Asian Games heptathlon gold by achieving her personal best of 6,026 points in Jakarta in 2018, has returned a positive result for endogenous steroid boldenone, according to information published by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).<\/p>\n
An Asian champion in 2017, the 29-year-old athlete from Bengal was fourth in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. She took a break in 2024 before finishing third at the National Open championships in Bengaluru last year.<\/p>\n
Swapna,<\/u> who entered politics prior to West Bengal Assembly elections earlier this year,\u00a0announced her retirement from athletics on July 31.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a NADA Disciplinary Panel has suspended former Asian silver medallist javelin thrower Shivpal Singh for 10 years for a second doping offence, testing positive for methandienone. The 31-year-old\u2019s ineligibility started from March 27, 2025. He had got a four-year suspension for his first offence in 2022 but it was reduced to one year on appeal.<\/p>\n
Sprinter M.V. Jilna has been provisionally suspended for her second offence. The 28-year-old tested positive for mephentermine. Jilna had completed her first suspension, for three years, in July 2025 before competing this year.<\/p>\n
Middle distance runner Sanjana Singh, who had won two gold medals in the South Asian meet in Ranchi last year, has been handed a five-year suspension, from November 7, 2025, after returning a positive result for methandienone and oxandrolone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n