The Malaysian Insider :: Sports
The Malaysian Insider :: Sports |
| Six Indian women athletes get one-year doping bans Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:35 PM PST MUMBAI, Dec 24 — Six Indian women athletes, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, have been given one-year suspensions after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids earlier this year. India's 400-metre runners Akkunji, Jauna Murmu, Mandeep Kaur, Priyanka Panwar, Sini Jose and Tiana Mary Thomas were found guilty in June and July and were provisionally suspended by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA). All six athletes had tested positive for methandienone, while Thomas and Kaur's samples also featured the banned steroid stanozolol. The one-year bans will be effective from the date of the athletes' provisional suspension, a NADA disciplinary panel, chaired by Dinesh Dayal, ruled yesterday. With next year's Olympic Games starting on July 27, the suspensions are likely to rule the athletes out of the prestigious event in London. Akkunji and her team mates had not taken the banned drugs intentionally so were given a reduced sentence, the disciplinary panel ruled. "We did not find any significant fault on the part of these athletes on how the banned substances entered their bodies and they will get reduced penalty," Dayal said. Akkunji, Kaur and Jose were part of India's 4x400m relay team that last year won gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Akkunji also won the 400m hurdles in Guangzhou. Also given a suspension was Harikrishanan Muraleedharan. The male long-jumper had tested positive for methandienone and was suspended for two years. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| LPGA founding member Danoff dies aged 88 Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:20 PM PST WASHINGTON, Dec 24 — Bettye Danoff, one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, has died in Texas at age 88, the association said in statement yesterday. Danoff, known by her fellow golf pros as "Mighty Mite" because she was a petite woman, weighing about 45kg and only 1.57m died on Thursday, the LPGA said. A trailblazer for the sport, Danoff brought her children with her to tournaments and became the first grandmother on the tour. "Bettye really did make a difference, in the world of golf and all of us are living proof," LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan said in a statement posted on the association website. "Because of her courage, and the vision/belief of many others that followed our Founders, we all get to participate in a fantastic business and game." The Dallas native got her start in golf at age six after her parents opened a driving range and nine-hole course. She won four consecutive Dallas Women's Golf Association Championships from 1945 to 1948. And in 1947, Danoff defeated Babe Zaharias in the Texas Women's Open, ending Babe's 17-tournament winning streak. Danoff turned pro in 1949. Danoff would often bring her three daughters, Kaye, Janie and Debbie, with her when she competed. There was no childcare for LPGA players on the road at that time. "I remember traveling for five consecutive tournaments with her while she played," said Debbie Bell, Danoff's youngest daughter. "She was often frustrated because she had to find friends and people to help watch us while she competed." In 1961, Danoff's husband, Dr. Clyde Walter Danoff, died suddenly. After that and until the mid-1970's she played only in tournaments in Texas and Oklahoma and taught golf. In 1962, Danoff made her first hole-in-one at a tournament in Austin. Her award — a case of beer. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 ulasan:
Catat Ulasan