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Monday, 18 December 2006 |
Indian woman athlete Santhi Soundararajan fails gender test
Top Indian woman athlete Santhi Soundararajan , who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship, has failed a gender test, according to official reports.
Santhi Soundararajan, 25, who won the silver in the women's 800m race at the Asian Games in Doha, is now likely to lose her award.
Santhi Soundararajan was named the best athlete at an Indian championship in the capital, Delhi, earlier this year.
"Santhi was subjected to a gender test in Doha and we have received the report which says she failed the test," said Manmohan Singh, chairman of the Indian Olympic Association's Medical Commission.
Santhi Soundararajan is making to comment. "I was not informed about the test results and I don't know much on that. I do not want to talk about it," she explained to journalists.
Sports writer KP Mohan said that a team of doctors, including a gynaecologist, endocrinologist and psychologist normally examines athletes, and puts them through physical and clinical examinations during a gender test.
Santhi Soundararajan's test was done soon after Soundararajan came second in the women's 800m race on 9 December but is not clear how she failed the test at the Asian Games in Doha.
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