Hima Das Exonerated by NADA Appeal Panel of Doping Charges

India’s star sprint runner, Hima Das, was acquitted of doping charges by the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel ensuing from three whereabouts failures in 12 months. She had been provisionally suspended last September by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) but was cleared in April this year.  The appeals panel has now upheld the clearance order.

She was charged under Article 2.4 of the National Anti-Doping Rules, which provides that any combination of three missed tests and/or filing failures within a twelve-month period by an Athlete in a Registered Testing Pool shall result in a whereabouts failure. Unannounced out-of-competition testing is at the core of effective doping control, and without appropriate location information, testing is inefficient or impossible.

Hima holds the national record in 400 meters, with a time of 50.79 seconds she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.