Gymnast Dipa Karmakar serving two-year ban for anti-doping violation
Authorities administering sports in India remained tight-lipped about the matter, so did the FIG, the gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) and the National Anti-Doping agency (NADA).TOI can now confirm that the ‘Produnova’ girl Dipa, who changed the face of gymnastics in India after her ground-breaking fourth-place finish in the women’s vault final at the Rio Olympics 2016, is currently serving a two-year ban for an anti-doping violation under the whereabouts rule.Multiple sources have told this publication that Dipa is under suspension since the second half of 2021 for her failure to honour the whereabouts guidelines as mandated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
