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With the team management struggling to find replacements for the formidable quartet, the women's 4x100m relay team has not qualified for the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games.
The 29-year-old will remain suspended from any competition or activity in athletics until a final decision at a hearing conducted under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules or the Integrity Code of Conduct will take place.
The decision was conveyed to the organisers as well as the Sports Authority of India.
The 31-year-old former Wimbledon and French Open champion, has been provisionally suspended since October, 2022, after testing positive for banned blood-booster roxadustat at the US Open last year.
Aishwarya has time till March 6 (Monday) to file an appeal against the ban.
Viknesh has been replaced in the 22-member squad by reserve player Asif O M from Ernakulam.
Dipa had to take a provisional suspension when her sample from an out-of-competition test had returned positive for a banned substance which she 'unknowingly ingested and could not determine the source of'.
The urine sample of the 26-year-old, who finished second in both the 100m and 200m events at the 2018 Asian Games and is the reigning national 100m champion, has returned adverse analytical findings (AAF) for 'andarine', 'ostarine' and 'ligandrol'.
The 31-year-old Romanian was tested positive for Roxadustat in a sample provided at the US Open.
The veteran athlete said doping was a serious issue in the country that needs to be addressed.