Tag : Disappear

Kozhikode: Evading dope testing agencies, Maharashtra quarter-miler Aishwarya Mishra is giving a torrid time to authorities as she has "disappeared" after winning a gold in the Federation Cup National Championships, last month. Aishwarya, who has not won any international medal, had become the third fastest Indian quartermiler after clocking 51.18s to win the women's 400m event during the Federation Cup (April 2-6) in Kozhikode. Courtesy her impressive effort, Aishwarya had made the cut for the World Championships in USA in July. Only Hima Das (NR, 50.79) and Manjeet Kaur (51.05) have faster times.   But since then, dope testers from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and even the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body established by World Athletics, have been chasing her to collect samples but didn’t know her whereabouts. On the basis of her impressive time in the Federation Cup, the AFI had included her in the Indian contingent of quartermilers who were to train in Turkey as part of preparations for the upcoming major events, including Commonwealth Games, but she did not turn up for the trip. "She is avoiding dope tests from AIU and the NADA and the AFI is not being able to trace her. Nobody knows where she is currently. She has disappeared after winning the gold in the Federation Cup," a source in the national camp told PTI on conditions of anonymity. "The AFI had to include her in the contingent for the training tour of Turkey because her Federation Cup performance could not be ignored." Aishwarya's mobile phone registered with the AFI returned messages of "wrong number".    The AFI and its Maharashtra unit has been trying to trace her whereabouts through her former and current coaches and convince her to j ...