India among world’s top 3 dope violators in the latest WADA report – India has been inducted into the top three of the world’s biggest doping violators in a WADA report. Indian athletes were involved 152 times in dope-related activities in the year 2019 with bodybuilding, weightlifting and athletics contributing majorly to the country’s embarrassing record. The report has revealed the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which has put India into the top-three of the world’s biggest violators behind Russia (167) and Italy (157). Brazil (78) is at fourth and Iran (70) fifth positions.
About the report:
- Anti-Doping Organisations collected a total of 278,047 samples in 2019 and in which 2,701 (1 per cent) samples were found as Adverse Analytical Findings.
- Based on a compilation of the information received by WADA till January 31, 2021, 1,535 samples (57 %) were confirmed as ADRVs (sanctions), the world anti-doping watchdog.
- Among Olympic sports worldwide, athletics leads the number of dope offenders with 227 (18 per cent), followed by weightlifting with 160. Bodybuilding leads overall with 272.
