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Indian athletics coach provisionally suspended over alleged doping complicity
India’s anti-doping agency provisionally suspended coach Mohammad Yunus Khan over alleged complicity in an anti-doping rule violation.
Khan coaches middle- and long-distance runners at the Army Sports Institute in Pune.
The allegation is under a rule covering intentional help or involvement in doping, but the exact conduct alleged has not been disclosed.
Khan previously coached Gulveer Singh during his early years at the top level.
Singh has won three medals at the recent Asian Games, including silver in the 1,500 and 10,000 metres and bronze in the 5,000 metres.
He now trains mostly in Colorado Springs under coach Scott Simmons.
No further details or next steps in Khan’s case have been announced.
Indian athletics coach Mohammad Yunus Khan has been provisionally suspended over alleged complicity in an unspecified anti-doping rule violation.
The National Anti-Doping Agency charged Khan under Article 2.9 of its rules.
The details and exact nature of the alleged offence have not been disclosed.
Khan coached distance runner Gulveer Singh during his early years at the top level.
- Who
- Mohammad Yunus Khan, a middle- and long-distance coach at the Army Sports Institute in Pune.
- What
- He was provisionally suspended and charged with alleged complicity in an anti-doping rule violation.
- When
- The suspension was reported on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Pune, India. The alleged offence’s location is not stated.
- Why
- NADA charged him under Article 2.9, which concerns complicity or attempted complicity in an anti-doping rule violation. The alleged conduct has not been specified.
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Khan spotted Gulveer Singh in a cross-country race in Arunachal Pradesh.
Gulveer shifted his training base to Colorado Springs in the United States.
Sportstar reported that Khan had been provisionally suspended and charged by NADA.
- Coach
- Mohammad Yunus Khan
- Agency
- National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
- Rule
- Article 2.9
- Workplace
- Army Sports Institute, Pune
- Athlete coached
- Gulveer Singh
What people are saying
assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up or any other type of intentional complicity or Attempted complicity involving an anti-doping rule violation, attempted anti-doping rule violation or violation.
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