The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) is likely to top the charts for doping cases in 2024, with the Sports Ministry revealing during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha that 260 Indian athletes have tested positive.
These 260 cases, from 7,466 tests conducted, are expected to be the highest ever recorded in the country, surpassing the previous mark of 224 in 2019.
READ | India tops doping charts with 213 positive cases in 2023
It was only in June that it was revealed India had registered 213 positive cases in 2023, according to a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Responding to Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi’s question on whether the government is aware of the rising number of anti-doping violations involving Indian athletes in recent years, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the government “is fully committed to curbing the menace of doping in sports.”
Athletics once again topped the list of sports with the most positive cases, recording 76 compared to 61 in 2023. Weightlifting followed with 43, wrestling with 29, and boxing with 17.
