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Indian federation suspended

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has suspended the Indian federation for the second time in two years following a string of doping violations by its lifters.

"Regrettably, four adverse analytical findings were reported on the occasion of doping controls carried out on the Indian national team members this year," the IWF said.

The Indian federation was banned for one year in August 2004 after two women lifters tested positive at the Athens Olympics.

This month, two male lifters, Edwin Raju and Tajinder Singh, tested positive at the Commonwealth Games after female lifter Shailaja Pujari was dropped from the squad following tests conducted by WADA.

All three tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Stanozolol.

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