CWG-bound Dhanalakshmi and Aishwarya Babu fail dope test

Representational images. Pic/iStock

Commonwealth Games-bound sprinter S Dhanalakshmi and triple jumper Aishwarya Babu were on Wednesday dropped from the Indian team after returning two positive tests each for banned drugs as dope shame struck Indian athletics, days ahead of the multi-sport event.

Also Read: Lakshya Sen keen to impress at Commonwealth Games

Both the athletes, who were named in the initial 37-member Indian team for the upcoming July 28 to August 8 Birmingham Games, have been handed provisional suspensions.

The Athletics Federation of India had initially named five athletes - Dutee Chand, Hima Das, Srabani Nanda, N S Simi and Jilna - along with Dhanalakshmi in the women's 4x100m relay team.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever