Tainted athletes ask for food supplements to be examined

India's leading quarter-milers Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu, two of the six athletes to fail a dope test, have pleaded innocence and asked for their vitamin food supplements to be examined which they said were the cause of their returning positive. Acting Indian Olympic Association president Vijay Kumar Malhotra has demanded a judicial enquiry into the doping violations and also questioned the role of Sports Authority of India (SAI) coaches and trainers in the scandal that has shamed India.

"The panel which will hear the cases will decide on it. If the panel wants, the test can be conducted at National Dope Testing Laboratory or any other government laboratory," AFI director M L Dogra said.