NEW DELHI (AP) — One foreign coach has already been fired and others are under intense scrutiny as the Indian government launches a crackdown on drugs in sport amid a deepening doping crisis.
With eight athletes suspended within a week, including members of the winning Commonwealth and Asian games women’s 1,600-meter relay teams, former Olympians and the public have asked the government to intervene.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken responded Tuesday by firing Ukrainian Yuri Ogorodnik, coach of six of the athletes in recent doping cases, and demanding an overhaul of the way anti-doping authorities operate in the country. Other coaches have been warned.
