Nirmala Sheoran (born 15 July 1995) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres event.
.jpg) Sheoran with a subsequently disqualified gold medal in 400m at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 July 1995 Bhiwani district, Haryana, India | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m: 51.48s (Hyderabad 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sheoran is currently serving an eight year competition ban due to failing anti-doping regulations with an end date of August 2031.
Early life
editSheoran was born in Chehad Khurd village of Haryana's Bhiwani district.[1]
Career
editSheoran qualified for two events at the 2016 Summer Olympics: the women's 400 metres and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.
Sheoran qualified for the women's 400 metres event at the Olympics by clocking 51.48 seconds, her personal best time, at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships in Hyderabad in July 2016. She finished well below the Olympics qualification mark of 52.20 seconds and also surpassed the previous best time at the meet of 51.73 seconds set by M. R. Poovamma in 2014. Sheoran's time in the heats of the same event was 52.35 seconds, while her previous personal best of 53.94 seconds was set in 2013 at Chennai.[2][3]
Sheoran also qualified for the Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event. The quartet of Sheoran, Poovamma, Tintu Lukka and Anilda Thomas clocked 3:27.88 at Bangalore in July 2016, finishing with the 12th best time in the world as top 16 relay teams qualified for the Olympics.[4][5]
Although at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships Sheoran was awarded the gold medal in both the 400m and 4×400m races, she was subsequently disqualified and stripped of the medals in 2019 after being issued with an anti-doping ban.[6]
Doping bans
editIn 2019, Sheoran received a four-year competition ban for testing positive for drostanolone and metenolone along with irregulaties with her athlete biolological passport. In addition all her results from August 2016 to 2018 were voided including her medal winning efforts in 2017.[7][8]
In February 2024, Sheoran received a second competition ban issued by the Indian National Anti-Doping Agency with an eight years duration after testing positive for anabolic androgenic steroids and testosterone.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ Das, Indraneel (13 August 2016). "'This will last for a few days, after that I will be forgotten... that's life'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Nirmala Sheoran sets championship record to qualify for Olympics in 400m". DNA India. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Nirmala Sheoran achieves Olympic qualification". ESPN.in. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Ninan, Susan (13 July 2016). "Indian men's, women's 4x400 relay teams seal Rio spots". ESPN.in. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Ninan, Susan (11 July 2016). "4x400 women's relay team a strong medal hope: Usha". ESPN.in. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Deconstruction of the gold standard". The Indian Express. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Cyriac, Biju Babu (10 October 2019). "Nirmala Sheoran gets four-year ban for doping". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "DECISION OF THE ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT IN THE CASE OF MS SHEORAN NIRLMA" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Athlete Nirmala Sheoran handed eight-year ban by NADA after second doping infraction". 10 February 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Quartermiler Nirmala Sheoran gets 8-year ban for second doping violation". Times of India. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
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