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Aishwarya Mishra wins dramatic silver at the Asian Athletics Championships

Indian 400 m sprinter Aishwarya Mishra saw her bronze medal in 400m at the Asian Athletics Championships upgraded to silver.

By Soumya | Apr 11, 2024 | 2 Min Read

Indian 400 m sprinter Aishwarya Mishra saw her bronze medal in 400m at the Asian Athletics Championships upgraded to silver. This elated result came as a shock to the Indian athlete after the original second-place finisher Farida Soliyeva of Uzbekistan failed a dope test.

Soliyeva’s urine sample collected on July 13, during the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok last year, contained the prohibited substance meldonium. Subsequently, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the international federation’s body for combating doping, disqualified all her results from that date.

According to the apex body, “The AIU has banned Farida Soliyeva (Uzbekistan) for 3 years from 13 September 2023 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Meldonium). DQ (disqualify) results from 13 July 2023,”

On 8 August 2023, the World Anti-Doping Agency (“WADA”) accredited laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand reported an Adverse Analytical Finding in the Sample based on the presence of Meldonium In September 2023, AIU notified Farida about the result and sought an explanation.

“In the spring of 2023, I took Riboskin to support my heart muscles. Despite this, I had pain and I turned to a doctor I knew who recommended Ripronate. I didn’t know it contained prohibited substances,” Farida said in her explanation sent to the AIU.

Aishwarya Mishra's 400m 🥉 at Asian Athletics Championship 2023 is upgraded to SILVER🥈

This is because the original silver medallist from Uzbekistan, Farida Soliyeva, is facing a doping ban of 3 years which comes into effect from 13 September 2023. pic.twitter.com/uD7QiNJW1R
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Soliyeva had finished second with a time of 52.95 seconds while Mishra was third in 53.07 seconds. Nadeesha Ramanayake of Sri Lanka won gold with a time of 52.61 seconds.

Mishra was also part of the mixed 4x400m relay team that won gold as well as the women’s 4x400m relay team that bagged a bronze in the championships. India had won 27 medals, including six gold, to finish overall third in the championships.

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