The suspension prohibits the NDTL from carrying out any
anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples.
In a jolt to
India's Olympic preparations, the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has extended the suspension of the country's
National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) by another six months citing
non-conformation to international standards.
The WADA first suspended NDTL
in August last year for a period of six months. A fresh round of inspection by
the world body, much to the embarrassment of country's sporting establishment,
showed that non-conformities still existed.
"The World
Anti-Doping Agency has suspended the accreditation of the National Dope Testing
Laboratory in New Delhi, India, for a second period of up to six months,"
WADA said in a statement.
The suspension
prohibits the NDTL from carrying out any anti-doping activities, including all
analyses of urine and blood samples.
The laboratory's
non-conformities pertain to the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL)
identified during a WADA site visit, including the laboratory's isotope ratio
mass spectrometry -- the analytical technique of choice for confirmation of
prohibited substances.
Currently, urine
samples collected by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) are being sent
primarily to the WADA-accredited lab in Doha.
The WADA conducted
a second inspection of NDTL in February. But corrective measures weren't found
to be good enough to revoke the suspension, which is now extended till January,
2021.
"In February
2020, when the six-month suspension period elapsed and some outstanding
non-conformities had not been addressed successfully, WADA's Laboratory Expert
Group (LabEG) recommended the initiation of further disciplinary proceedings
against the laboratory based on the outstanding non-conformities," the
world body said.
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