Indian Boxer At Risk Of Losing Asian Games Medal And Olympics Quota: Report

If found guilty, the female boxer could face a maximum two-year ban which can be reduced to a minimum of one year depending on the degree of her fault besides losing her Asian Games medal and Paris Olympic quota.

A female Indian boxer is at risk of being stripped of her Asian Games medal and Paris Olympics quota after she was handed a notice for multiple whereabouts failure by the International Testing Agency (ITA). The pugilist failed to file her whereabouts in the period before the continental multi-sport event. If found guilty, she could face a maximum two-year ban which can be reduced to a minimum of one year depending on the degree of her fault besides losing her Asian Games medal and Paris Olympic quota.

The ITA was roped in by the Olympic Council of Asia to help in administering the anti-doping programme at the Hangzhou Asian Games, including the Results Management process.

The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is, however, optimistic of a favourable resolution of the matter.

"The notice was for the period before the Asian Games and the federation got to know about it only after the Games. The boxer was in a disturbed state of mind during that time as one of her parents had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition," a BFI official privy to the development told PTI.