TOI Exclusive: Olympian Tulika Maan provisionally suspended by NADA, set to miss Glasgow CWG
Indian judoka and Commonwealth Games silver medalist Tulika Maan has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency. The suspension follows three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period, effectively ruling her out of the upcoming Glasgow 2026 Games.
Why it matters
The loss of a top-tier athlete significantly impacts India's medal prospects and highlights the strict enforcement of international anti-doping compliance protocols.
New Delhi: India's Commonwealth Games campaign has suffered another major blow with Olympian and 2022 Birmingham CWG's silver medallist Tulika Maan being provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for alleged whereabouts failures, ending her Glasgow 2026 participation even without flying out of India.Sources told TOI that Tulika, one of India's brightest medal prospects in the women's +78kg judo category, has accumulated three whereabouts failures within a rolling 12-month period, triggering a provisional suspension under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. She has been summoned by NADA and is scheduled to appear before the anti-doping body on Thursday.A whereabouts failure is an anti-doping rule compliance issue that includes filing failures and missed tests.
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