New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) Asian Games silver medallist long distance runner Kartik Kumar has accepted a three-year ban from the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive for a range of banned anabolic agents during out-of-competition tests.

After receiving information from a tipster, the USADA performed an out-of-competition test on Kumar, who was training in the United States, on February 27 this year. Another follow-up out-of-competition test was done on March 19.

"Kartik Kumar, of Saharanpur, India, an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a three-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for multiple prohibited substances during an out-of-competition test as the result of a tip," the USADA said on Thursday.

"We’re

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