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India battles doping stigma in Olympic bid race
The Straits Times
|September 17, 2025
Indian sport is battling to shake off its reputation for being one of the world’s worst doping offenders as the country pushes an ambitious bid to host the 2036 Olympics.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has raised concerns about the number of Indian competitors taking performance-enhancing drugs, and so too has the country’s best-known athlete.
The 2020 Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra made a blunt admission earlier in 2025.
“Doping is a big problem in India among our athletes,” he told local media.
The Indian Olympic Association in August formed a new anti-doping panel after the IOC flagged India’s poor record.
The government has passed a new national anti-doping bill aiming to tighten enforcement, expand testing facilities and “ensure the highest standards of integrity” in sport.
This story is from the September 17, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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