SportsIndian tennis player Parikshit Somani banned for four years in doping case
Sport Resolutions says the tribunal found Somani had not established how banned trimetazidine entered his system. He denied intentional use, arguing that a family member's medication had contaminated his food.
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Sport Resolutions says an independent tribunal imposed a four-year ban on Parikshit Somani following a positive test for trimetazidine at an ATP Challenger event in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 31, 2025. Analysis of his B sample confirmed the finding. Somani accepted that the positive test constituted an anti-doping violation but denied knowingly or intentionally using the substance. He argued that a family member's medication had contaminated food they prepared. The tribunal found he had not established, on the balance of probabilities, how the substance entered his system and therefore had not demonstrated that the violation was unintentional. His four-year sanction includes credit for the provisional suspension served since September 23, 2025.
Indian tennis player Parikshit Somani banned for four years in doping case
Sport Resolutions says the tribunal found Somani had not established how banned trimetazidine entered his system. He denied intentional use, arguing that a family member's medication had contaminated his food.
