By IANS,
New Delhi: Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, who won gold in the 56 kg category at the Commonwealth Games, was Monday confirmed as the fifth athlete to fail drug test during the Oct 3-14 Games.
The Commonwealth Games Federation said Wanniarachchi’s ‘A’ sample tested positive for the banned anabolic agent 19-Norandrosterone, a metabolite of nandrolone.
Wanniarachchi beat 19-year-old Welshman Sean McGoldrick on a countback to win gold.
“The A sample of Wanniarachchi, who took the gold medal in the bantamweight competition on October 13, was found to contain 19-Norandrosterone, a prohibited anabolic agent under category S1 of the WADA list of prohibited substances and methods,” the CGF statement said.
“In accordance with CGF Anti-Doping Standard, Wanniarachchi has been notified of the finding through the Sri Lankan Commonwealth Games Association. The athlete now has until November 4th to respond to the finding, after which the formal hearing process will commence,” it said.
If Wanniarachchi’s ‘B’ sample also confirms the presence of a prohibited substance, he will be suspended and stripped of his medal.
McGoldrick would be elevated to the gold medal position in that case.
Earlier, three Nigerian athletes and an Indian race walker failed dope tests during the Games.