_Mandeep_Kaur_of_India_won_the_Gold_Medal%2c_at_Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium%2c_in_New_Delhi_on_October_12%2c_2010_(cropped).jpg) Portrait of Mandeep Kaur | |
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| Born | 19 April 1988 (1988-04-19) (age 37) |
Mandeep Kaur (born 19 April 1988 inJagadhri) is an Indianathlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the2008 Olympic Games, but failed to pass the first round.[1] Mandeep Kaur won gold medals in the women's4 x 400 metres relay events at the 2010Commonwealth Games and the 2010 and 2014Asian Games.[2]
On 29 June 2011,Reuters reported that she had tested positive for the anabolic steroidsmethandienone andstanozolol during off-season tests, following the same day announcement of theAthletics Federation of India.[3] She blamed the results on tainted food supplements, and denied taking any banned substance knowingly.[4] After a total of 6 Indian female 400m runners tested positive, including Mandeep's teammates at the Commonwealth Games,Ashwini Akkunji andSini Jose, the team coach, UkrainianYuri Ogrodnik, was fired by India's Sport's MinisterAjay Maken.[5]
Leading Indian 400 metres pair Mandeep Kaur andJuana Murmu have failed doping tests, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday
Commonwealth Games champions in women's4 × 400 metres relay | |
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