8 weightlifters flee dope test

NEW DELHI, AUG. 28. Close on the heels of Kunjarani Devi testing positive for a banned drug, at least eight weighlifters at the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, have run away from the academy for fear of getting caught.

On August 24, the lifters, all men, had gone for selection trials for the training camp to be organised for the Afro-Asian Games where they came to know about Kunjarani being banned for six months after a stimulant `strychnine' was found in her urine sample, a Sports Authority of India source told PTI here tonight.

The probables developed cold feet when they came to know that they too would be dope tested before being included in the camp and slipped away the next day, the source said. The selection trials were to be conducted in Patiala on August 24 and 25.

- PTI

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