new delhi arjuna awardee and 2006 commonwealth games gold medallist geeta rani has been cleared to compete again after serving a twoyear ban for an antidoping violation in 2015the weightlifter escaped a fouryear ban after the national antidoping agencys nada appeal panel on thursday upheld the verdict of nada disciplinary panel which had granted ineligibility of two years to the weightlifter after she was tested positive during the national games in kerala in 2015 her lawyer saidthe disciplinary panel had observed in 2016 that geeta rani could not have consumed prohibited substance intentionally and therefore it reduced her sentence from maximum of four years of ineligibility to two years said lawyer parth goswami who represented her along with hemant phalphergoswami said that the appeals panel noted that the disciplinary panel had held that appellant cannot be held guilty of violating the rules intentionally we find no good reason to disagree with this finding of disciplinary panel