COLORADO SPRINGS: USADA announced today that Indian athlete Kartik Kumar, of Saharanpur, has accepted a three-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances during an out-of-competition test as the result of a tip, according to information given by USADA Communications.
“We’re so grateful for tips, like the one in this case, that allow us to conduct the investigations and testing necessary to root out threats to fair sport, ” said USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart. “It’s essential that we protect this process and the people who courageously help ensure accountability in sport.”
After receiving information from a tipster, USADA performed an out-of-competition test on Kumar, 26, an Indian athlete training in the United States. Kumar tested positive for metandienone metabolites 17a-Methyl-Sb-androstane-3a, 17b-diol, 17b-Methyl-Sbandrost-1-ene-3a, 17a-diol (epimetendiol) and 17b-hydroxymethyl-17a-methyl-18-nor-androst-1, 4, 13-trien-3-one (LTM); stanozolol metabolites 3'-hydroxystanozolol and 16b-hydroxystanozolol; and clostebol metabolite 4-chloro-3a-hydroxy-androst-4-en-17-one as the result of the urine sample collected on February 27, 2025.
Additionally, Kumar’s urine sample was analyzed using a specialized test known as Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS), that unequivocally differentiates between anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) naturally produced by the body and AAS of synthetic origin. The IRMS analysis was consistent with the exogenous origin of testosterone and/or its metabolites in Kumar’s sample.
USADA collected a follow-up urine sample from Kumar out of competition on March 19, 2025, which was positive for metandienone metabolites 17b-Methyl-Sb-androst-1-ene-3a, 17a-diol (epimetendiol), 17-epimethandienone, 17bhydroxymethyl-17a-methyl-18-nor-androst-1, 4, 13-trien-3-one (LTM), and 6ßhydroxymethandienone. In accordance with the rules, Kumar’s two positive tests were considered a single violation because he had not yet been notified of the first positive test at the time he provided his second sample.
Metandienone, stanozolol, clostebol, testosterone, and their metabolites are Prohibited Substances in the class of Anabolic Agents and are prohibited at all times under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policy, and the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, all of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.