The Indian lifter is likely to be awarded the fourth place in the women's 48 kg weightlifting event following a positive drug test returned by Aye Khine Nan of Mayanmar.
Russia's men's quadruple sculls crew have been banned from the Rio Olympics after one of their members failed a doping test in May, the world governing body FISA said on Friday.
The 36-year-old weightlifter is up in the 48 kg category on Saturday.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist was barred from international competition for a positive dope test.
It was an extraordinary turnaround for an Olympics that was expected to be held without major issues by a country known for public safety and economic stability. It also revealed a fatal miscalculation by Japanese and IOC officials of public sentiment at a time of heightened fears over the coronavirus.
General secretary Balbir Singh Bhatia said he is completely ignorant about drugs.
Athletes to watch at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games:
Rochelle Macfarlane Maria won the silver in girl's triple jump to end India's controversy-marred track and field campaign on a high at the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing.
Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala clinched a gold medal in the 77kg category while Shainki Nagar won a silver in the 10m air pistol as India swelled its medal tally to eight at the second Youth Asian Games, in Nanjing, China, on Wednesday.
The Sydney Games bronze medallist will be in action in the 63ks women's weightlifting event on Wednesday.
Nurcan Taylan of Turkey with a world record lift of 210 kg won the 48kg class in the women's weightlifting competition..
The swimmers led India's charge on Saturday by winning 7 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze as they completely dominated the pool yet again.
More than 250 sportspersons have flunked dope tests conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) in the last two years with powerlifters and weightlifters topping the drug offenders' list.
The two Indian lifters finished outside the medal bracket in the women's 53kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships.
China continued its dream run, winning on all five days of the women's weightlifting event.\n\n
Conspicuous by their absence in the men's team are T Muthu, Vicky Bhatta and Sendhil Kumar.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
He won the gold in the 77 kg category and improved upon two of his meet records - in clean and jerk and total lift, at the SAF Games.
The Rio Olympics athletics programme suffered its first doping setback as Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova has tested positive for EPO, sources told Reuters on Thursday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Beijing Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, who is competing in his fifth Games, led the Indian contingent at the parade of nations during the Open Ceremony of the Rio Olympics on Friday night.
The Indian lifter finished 12th in the women's 75-kg class at the World Weightlifting Championships.
P Harita of India won a bronze in the women's 63 kg in a barren day for India in weightlifting.
They picked gold medals in the men's 85kg and women's 58 kg events respectively at the Afro-Asian Games.
India's lifters did well to pick two bronze medals in the weightlifting competition at the Afro Asian Games.
He gave India its first medal in weightlifting in the men's 56kg event at the Afro-Asian Games. Olupono Gbenga of Nigeria won the gold.
Devendra Jhajharia, on Tuesday became the first para athlete to receive India's highest sporting honour -- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- along with hockey star Sardar Singh, who has endured trying times off the field in the last one year.
Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra today said that the country should aim to win 'double digit' medals at the Tokyo Olympics
Hosts Brazil won their first gold of the Rio 2016 Summer Games after Rafaela Silva won the women's-57kg judo event on Monday. Another country to open their 'gold account' was Croatia, thanks to trap shooter Josip Glasnovic's superb effort in the shoot-out.
The Baton, which will stay in India for two days on October 12 and 13, will not, however, be taken in a relay by sportspersons, as is done normally, following IOA's decision to curtail the events here as there will not be adeqaute security arrangements in view of the Dussehra festival.
India's lone medal winner at the Sydney Olympics won the 69 kg class at the Commonwealth championships earlier this month.
India added a silver and bronze to swell their medal tally to six in their controversy-ridden Asian Youth Games campaign on the fifth day of the multi-sporting event, in Nanjing, on Tuesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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