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| India remains worst offender in AIU's June list of global dope cheats | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, July 2: India remained the worst offender in Athletics Integrity Unit's (AIU) global list of dope offenders, accounting for the highest number of 162 names, once again highlighting the huge magnitude of the problem that plagues the country's sporting landscape.
Kenya took the second spot with 148 names in the list, followed by Russia with over 60 cases.
The list includes persons serving bans for doping offences. It also includes persons who have committed non-doping violations such as tampering, evading testing, trafficking, or missing whereabouts, which carry the same penalties as a doping offence.
The Athletics Integrity Unit is an independent anti-doping watchdog established by World Athletics. It has jurisdiction over international level athletes and their support staff.
India first surpassed Kenya in April this year and it remained unchanged in June as well.
In April, India was also designated as a country with "extremely high" risk of doping by World Athletics after topping the list of doping offenders for the past two years.
In a decision taken recently by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Board, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has been re-categorised from Category B to Category A under Rule 15 of the World Athletics' Anti-Doping Rules.
"Unfortunately, the quality of the domestic anti-doping programme is simply not proportionate to the doping risk," AIU Chair David Howman had said in a release.
According to AIU, India recorded 48 ADRVs (ranked 2nd) in 2022, 63 (ranked 2nd) in 2023, 71 (ranked 1st) in 2024 and 30 ADRVs (ranked 1st) in 2025.
Under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, the AIU Board categorises all Member Federations according to their doping risk to the sport. Category 'A' Member Federations, representing the highest risk, are subject to more stringent requirements, including extensive testing of their national team athletes. |
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