NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Indian track and field athlete
Santhi Soundarajan has been stripped of the Asian Games women's 800
metres silver medal after failing a gender test in Doha, the Indian
Olympic Association (IOA) said on Tuesday.
@@The 25-year-old was asked to undergo a femininity test in the
Qatari capital after the Dec. 9 race and the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA) directed India to return the medal upon the
recommendation of its medical committee, an IOA statement
said.
@@Santhi's disqualification allows third-placed Viktoriya
Yalovtseva of Kazakhstan to claim silver and Uzbek Zamira Amirova
move up from fourth to third.
@@Maryam Jamal of Bahrain won the race.
@@The Indian media have attacked the national athletics
federation after it was revealed that Santhi's application to the
state-run railways for a sports quota job was turned down after the
athlete failed a medical before the games.
@@The IOA said it would hold an inquiry into the issue which has
caused acute embarrassment to Indian sports officials.
