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The National grounds holder successful women’s 1500m, K.M. Deeksha, has tested affirmative for a banned substance and is apt to miss the Commonwealth Games, according to sources.
The 27-year-old Deeksha, who acceptable the National grounds of 4:04.78 successful Los Angeles 2 years ago, past competed astatine the Indian Open Athletics Series successful Jaipur connected April 5 and clocked 4:25.74. She skipped the Federation meet, a important qualifying lawsuit for the Commonwealth Games, successful Ranchi past month.
Deeksha’s manager S.K. Prasad said she near the Madhya Pradesh Athletics Academy (MPAA) successful April. “She sought a ‘no objection certificate’ to correspond Uttar Pradesh, possibly with an purpose to get a bully occupation there. But we said if she wants to proceed with the MPAA, past she indispensable correspond Madhya Pradesh,” Prasad told The Hindu.
