Renu Kohli, who was suspended in the wake of the doping controversy involving distance runner, was reinstated by the Sports Authority of India.
Middle-distance runner said athletes from India should be prepared to take such allegations in their stride.
The said OCA 'appropriate measures should be taken regarding the laboratory' at Seoul where the dope tests were carried out.
I am totally out of practice, Sunita said after finishing fifth in the 1,500 metres.
She can expect to have her Asian Games medals returned soon, an Indian athletics official said.
The 23-year-old was stripped of her 1,500 metres gold and 5,000 metres bronze won in Pusan, South Korea, after testing positive for a metabolite of the banned steroid nandrolone
The medical commission of the International Olympic Committee has reportedly cleared India's ace middle distance runner of doping charges.
'The policy of our UP government is that if someone wins a gold, s/he will be made deputy superintendent of police. That was in my mind,' she shared, as she looked forward to the recognition she rightfully deserves.
Harmilan's father, Amandeep Bains, is also a South Asian Games medallist and a former men's 1500m national champion.
The stunning performance earned Parul her second medal in Hangzhou after claiming a silver in the women's 3000m Steeplechase on Monday.
A grand 'Restoration of Medals'ceremony is being organised by the AAFI in Delhi.
Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George would lead India's challenge in the Asian Grand Prix series in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
Besides athletics Nikolai K Snesarev had adequate knowledge of sports medicine too.
OCA secretary-general Randhir Singh returned the athlete's Asiad gold and bronze medals at a grand ceremony.
One person lost his life while three were injured during celebratory gunfire at a wedding in Karnal, Haryana allegedly by controversial Hindu Mahasabha leader Sadhvi Deva Thakur and her security guards.
Once renowned stars of their own sporting arena, former India hockey players Gagan Ajit Singh and Rajpal Singh will be in incharge of security at the PCA stadium, in Mohali, during ongoing ICC World Twenty20.
Dutee Chand joined her illustrious compatriots such as P T Usha in the list of athletes who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash, in Jakarta, on Wednesday.
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