Star India sprinter Hima Das has received an all-clear from the NADA's Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) which exonerated her from doping charges arising out of three whereabout failures in 12 months. The 24-year-old Hima was last year provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three whereabout failures in a span of 12 months. She was, however, cleared by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) following a hearing in March. She returned to action in 200m at the Indian Grand Prix 1 in Bengaluru on April 30. In a September 4 decision, the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel upheld the Disciplinary Panel's ruling to clear her of doping charges.

"The ADDP order is upheld. Athlete exonerated from doping charges," stated the latest update on ADAP decisions on the NADA website. No further details were available regarding who appealed the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel's decision, but it is likely that NADA initiated the appeal as the body has previously appealed in such cases when decisions favoured athletes. Hima had won a 400m individual silver at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. She was also a part of the gold and silver-winning women's 4x400m and mixed 4x400m relay quartets in Jakarta.