MUMBAI — Para-powerlifter Sachin Chaudhary, who won a bronze medal for India in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, has been for a period of eight years for committing an anti-doping rule violation. Chaudhary has committed a breach of the IPC’s Anti-Doping Code for the second time, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) informed through a statement on Wednesday. the 41-year-old Chaudhary returned adverse analytical findings (AAFs) for prohibited substances in a urine sample provided in-competition on December 4 2021 during the men’s up to 97 kg event at the Tbilisi 2021 Para Powerlifting Senior World Championships. The tests revealed that prohibited substances metandienone and strychnine were found in his sample. Both these substances are included in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2021 Prohibited List under the class S1.1 Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and class S6 Stimulants, respectively. Chaudhary was provisionally suspended by the IPC on January 31, 2022, pending a resolution of his case. During the IPC’s investigation of the case, the athlete confirmed that he had continued coaching other athletes during his provisional suspension, thereby failing to respect the terms of that provisional suspension set out in Article 10.14.1 of the IPC IF Rules. As a result, his period of ineligibility will...