Dipa Karmakar

Dipa Karmakar announces settlement of doping case, suspension reduced

Dipa had to take a provisional suspension when her sample from an out-of-competition test had returned positive for a banned substance which she "unknowingly ingested"

Gymnast Dipa Karmakar handed 21-month ban after failing dope test

Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been handed a 21-month ban for failing a dope test conducted by the International Testing Agency, contrary to claims made by Indian officials that her "suspension" last year was not related to doping offence. Karmakar's dope sample collected out-of-competition by the ITA, an independent organisation that manages the anti-doping programme of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), was found to contain Higenamine, which is a prohibited substance under World Anti-Doping Agency Code. Her ban period will, however, end on July 10 this year as it was counted from the day (October 11, 2011) the sample was collected. "The ITA confirms that Dipa Karmakar has been suspended for a 21-month period, effective until 10 July 2023 after testing positive for higenamine (S3. Beta-2 Agonists as per the World Anti-Doping Agency prohibited list)," the ITA said in a statement late on Friday. "The positive sample was collected on behalf of the FIG in the scope of an .

Tokyo Games postponement rekindles Dipa Karmakar's hope for Olympic berth

Karmakar, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been struggling with injuries ever since she underwent a surgery to treat an Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in 2017

'Dipa Karmakar: The small wonder' bags biography of the year

The biography accentuates how gymnastics as a sport has been majorly sidelined in India

Dipa Karmakar becomes first Indian gymnast to win gold in global event

Returning to action after a lay-off of nearly two years due to a knee injury, Dipa emerged triumphant in the vault event

Dipa Karmakar to return BMW

Lack of service centres & bad roads in Tripura make gift an unviable option

Dipa Karmakar welcomes PM Modi's Olympics task force

Modi yesterday announced setting up a task force to prepare an action plan for next three Olympic Games of 2020, 2024, 2028

KCR announces Rs 50 lakh reward to Dipa Karmakar

In the Olympics, Dipa, had ended up just outside a medal bracket with 15.066 points after putting on a superb display

Dipa Karmakar misses bronze by a whisker, best Indian gymnast in Olympics

The 23-year-old scored an average of 15.066 points, a mere 0.15 less than the bronze winner Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland

Dipa Karmakar's death-defying vault and why she sticks to it

Lacking funds and resources, Karmakar has found her ticket for Olympic glory in the Produnova vault

Mamata Banerjee congratulates Dipa Karmakar for her performance at Rio Olympics

Karmakar scripted history as she became the first Indian to make the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games

I will practice hard to get medals in Rio: Dipa Karmakar

The 22-year-old became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics

Will look to continue creating history: Dipa Karmakar

Karmakar recently became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics

After historic Olympics qualification, Dipa Karmakar wins gold in vaults

Gymnastics officials said that Dipa's feat was the first time an Indian woman clinched a gold in a global gymnastic competition.

Dipa Karmakar becomes 1st Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics

Apart from being the first Indian woman, she will also be the only Indian gymnast qualifying for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years