New Delhi, April 12 -- Indian javelin thrower DP Manu has been banned for four years by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after a positive test for a prohibited substance during the Indian Grand Prix athletics meet in Bengaluru last year.

The 25-year-old athlete, a silver medalist in the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 in Bangkok and a sixth-place finishing athlete in World Championships 2023 at Budapest was in contention for a spot in Paris Olympics 2024 via world rankings, as per Olympics.com.

Manu was made a part of the Registered Testing Pool of the World Athletics' Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for the first quarter of 2024.

In April 2024, NADA tested Manu's sample from Indian Grand Prix 1, where he had secured the top sp...