June 18, 2015 6:38 PM

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India third in global doping report for 2013 by WADA

India has been ranked third behind Russia and Turkey in a World Anti-Doping Agency Report for 2013. As many as 91 from the country tested positive for banned substances in that year. According to the 2013 Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report released by the WADA on June 15, Russia has maximum number of dope offenders with 212 testing positive, while the figures for Turkey were 155. Of the 91 Indians, 20 were women athletes. France came a close fourth with 90 dope cheats in the report compiled by the WADA based mainly on the information received from National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs). The comprehensive report, which dealt with testing of 207,513 samples, covered 115 nationalities and 89 sports. Among sports disciplines, track and field athletes lead the Indian dope cheats with 30 out of a global total of 280. Weightlifting comes second with 19 from the discipline caught for doping with nine wrestlers committing Anti-Doping Rule violation.

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