Top Indian athlete Aishwarya Mishra's 400m bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Championships will be upgraded to silver.

The original second-place finisher, Farida Soliyeva of Uzbekistan, has failed a dope test.

Soliyeva's urine sample collected on July 13, during the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok last year, contained prohibited substance meldonium.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the international federation's body for combating doping, have disqualified all her results from that date. "The AIU has banned Farida Soliyeva (Uzbekistan) for 3 years from 13 September 2023 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Meldonium). DQ (disqualify) results from 13 July 2023," the AIU said.

Soliyeva had finished second with a time of 52.95 seconds while Mishra was third in 53.07. Nadeesha Ramanayake of Sri Lanka had won the gold in 52.61. Soliyeva’s disqualification means that Aishwarya will be upgraded to the silver. Japan’s Haruna Kuboyama will take the bronze.

Mishra was also part of the mixed 4x400m relay team that won gold as well the women's 4x400m relay team that bagged a bronze in the Championships.

India had won 27 medals to finish overall third.