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By Our Special Correspondent
The hearing would be held at the IOA office here on April 30, the Chairman of the IOA Medical Commission, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Wednesday. In case the athletes failed to appear before the Commission, it would be presumed that they had nothing to state in their defence, Dr. Manmohan Singh said. The Commission that met along with the scientists of the dope control laboratory here went through the analytical reports of the 22 cases and found that the results and procedures were in order. Some technical points raised by the sportspersons through their federations were discussed and procedures to be followed in such cases finalised. Without naming the competitor (swimmer Amar Muralidharan), Dr. Manmohan Singh said that he would be given a chance to produce medical records to substantiate any claim that could explain the higher T/E ratio in his testosterone levels or else given the option of testing the `B' sample at such a laboratory abroad where there would be facilities to determine exogenous/endogenous testosterone levels. If both these failed to materialise then the prescribed three tests spread over three months to determine his testosterone levels could be carried out, before arriving at a final decision. Dr. Manmohan Singh confirmed that only two competitors had so far sought `B' sample testing and both had turned out positive. The IOA hearings, coming after hearings/enquiries conducted by some of the concerned federations have left a piquant situation in which, theoretically at least, a competitor found guilty and punished by a federation, could be reprieved by the IOA. Dr. Manmohan Singh said that if such a situation arose, a decision could be reached after consultation with the concerned federation. The Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) has already banned two athletes (Jagdish Basak and Alapati Kalyani) for two years for steroid offences while two others (P. Udaya Laxmi and Kavita Pandya) have been provisionally suspended, again for steroid violations. Four others were disqualified from the competition and results amended. The IOA's role in dope cases at the National Games is confined to stripping the offenders of their medals and even before that process was completed some of the federations have announced sanctions against their competitors. The Rowing Federation of India (RFI), for example, had stated that it had handed out a life-ban to Lakshman Singh of Chandigarh, but the federation is in the process of writing to the international body, pending the completion of an internal enquiry. The IOA Secretary-General, Randhir Singh, said that the IOA would not be shirking its responsibilities. The IOA, he said, was committed to upholding the principle of drug-free sport as envisaged in the Olympic Movement Anti Doping Code (OMADC). The Medical Commission decided to hold National-level seminar-cum-workshop before the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad in October-November. The Chairman, Medical Commission of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and nominees of the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Commitee (IOC) and the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) will be invited as international faculty.
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