Three Indian swimmers, including two from the country's Commonwealth Games squad, were provisionally suspended on Sunday for failing dope tests.
National record holder Richa Mishra and Jyotsna Pansare, both part of India's 26-member aquatic squad for the home Games next month. They and Amar Muralitharan tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, used as a nasal decongestant, according to Swimming Federation of India (SFI) secretary general Virendra Nanavati said.
"We now have to convene a meeting of the selectors and identify the replacements," Nanavati told news agencies. "We submitted our entry well within the Sept. 3 deadline but now we have to seek permission from the Indian Olympic Association and also the Commonwealth Games Federation to make changes to the squad," he said.
Nanavati said the samples were collected during the senior national aquatic championship in Jaipur last month after which the National Anti-Doping Agency informed the SFI that three swimmers had failed the test.
On Thursday, four Indian wrestlers were axed from the Commonwealth Games squad after they also tested positive for Methylhexaneamine.
Nanavati said the swimmers remain suspended till their B samples are tested.
