News: Indian sprinter Gomathi Marimuthu banned for 4 years

Indian athlete Gomathi Marimuthu is handed a 4-year ban by the Athletes Integrity Unit of the World Athletics. Gomathi won the gold medal in the women’s 800 m event at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar with her personal best timing of 2 minutes and 2.70 seconds. In her defence, Gomathi could not prove the point of tampering with the samples. A provisional ban was imposed on her from 17 May 2019, which will now end on 16 May 2023. Unfortunately, she will lose her gold medal which she won at the Asian Championship last year. The sprinter also has to pay a fine of 1,000 pounds, which stands at Rs 1 lakh, which will be paid to the AIU.