Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari
Rahendra Bahadur Bhandari (born 14 November 1975) is a Nepalese athlete and soldier who has won 2 silver medals in 9th Asian Games and 2 gold medals in 10th Asian Games.
He has been part of a scandal where he has tested positive for Deca Durabolin. This has caused a bigger controversy in the usage of anabolic steroids in Nepal.[1] In 2007 Bhandari was found guilty of norandrosterone doping. The sample was delivered on 25 August 2006 in an in-competition test at the 2006 South Asian Games. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008. [2]
He returned to the South Asian Games in 2010 and won the gold medal in the marathon competition. However, the course fell some distance short of the true marathon distance after an organisational mistake.[3]
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[edit] References
- IAAF profile for Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari
- ^ Kattel, Purushottam (17 December 2006). "Steroids commonplace in Nepali sport". Kantipur Online. http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=94700. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- ^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 4 June 2007. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=38928.html. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-02-10). South Asian Games – India dominates, but Pakistan’s Naseem Hameed steals the show. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.
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