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Nineteen-year-old Indian Parvej Khan has tested positive for Erythropoietin or EPO, the red blood cell booster. He has been provisionally suspended and has the right to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He could face a ban of up to four years.
Khan had won the men’s 1500m gold in Panchkula, IN at the national championships with a time of 3:42.95. He had missed the Paris Olympics qualifying time of 3:33.50, however, owns a personal best of 3:36.21.
University of Florida middle-distance runner Parvej Khan tests positive for EPO, reports Circle Sports.
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The sprinter Erriyon Knighton, who tested positive for trenbolone, also trains at the University of Florida, although he isn’t a student there.
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Khan competes for the University of Florida, the same school that Erriyon Knighton attends. Knighton tested positive for trenbolone, was permitted to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, however, an investigation is underway regarding the United States Anti-Doping Agency allowing him to compete.
He has also run as fast as 3:55.41 indoors and sports an 800m best from March 2024 at 1:46.12.
India has the most suspended athletes due to doping out of any country aside from Russia, which has been implicated and banned in the past due to systematic doping.
