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| Indian athlete fails gender test | Indian athlete fails gender test |
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| A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship has failed a gender test, officials say. | A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship has failed a gender test, officials say. |
| Santhi Soundararajan, who took the silver in the women's 800m race at the Asian Games in Doha, is likely to be stripped of her award, reports say. | Santhi Soundararajan, who took the silver in the women's 800m race at the Asian Games in Doha, is likely to be stripped of her award, reports say. |
| Soundararajan, 25, was declared the best athlete at an Indian championship in the capital, Delhi, this year. | Soundararajan, 25, was declared the best athlete at an Indian championship in the capital, Delhi, this year. |
| In 1999, a woman in an Indian state football team failed a gender test. | In 1999, a woman in an Indian state football team failed a gender test. |
| Not mandatory | Not mandatory |
| "Santhi was subjected to a gender test in Doha and we have received the report which says she failed the test," said Manmohan Singh, chairman of the Indian Olympic Association's Medical Commission. | "Santhi was subjected to a gender test in Doha and we have received the report which says she failed the test," said Manmohan Singh, chairman of the Indian Olympic Association's Medical Commission. |
| Soundararajan is refusing to comment. "I was not informed about the test results and I don't know much on that. I do not want to talk about it," she told journalists. | Soundararajan is refusing to comment. "I was not informed about the test results and I don't know much on that. I do not want to talk about it," she told journalists. |
| The test is not mandatory, but carried out if officials want it or a rival team protests, reports say. | The test is not mandatory, but carried out if officials want it or a rival team protests, reports say. |
| KP Mohan, a sports journalist, said athletes are usually examined by a team of doctors, including a gynaecologist, endocrinologist and psychologist, and put through physical and clinical examinations during a gender test. | KP Mohan, a sports journalist, said athletes are usually examined by a team of doctors, including a gynaecologist, endocrinologist and psychologist, and put through physical and clinical examinations during a gender test. |
| The test was done soon after Soundararajan came second in the women's 800m race on 9 December. | The test was done soon after Soundararajan came second in the women's 800m race on 9 December. |
| Reports say the athlete cleared the gender test at the Asian track and field championship in South Korea last year where she won the silver medal in the 800m. | Reports say the athlete cleared the gender test at the Asian track and field championship in South Korea last year where she won the silver medal in the 800m. |
| It is not clear how she failed the test at the Asian Games in Doha. | It is not clear how she failed the test at the Asian Games in Doha. |
| This is the second controversy to hit Indian athletes within a month - female shot putter Seema Antil was withdrawn from the Asian Games she failed a pre-competition dope test. |