India's Santhi Soundarajan lies on the track after coming in second during the women's 800m race finals at the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 9. - reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters)

An Indian silver medallist at the Doha Asian Games could be stripped of her medal after failing a gender test, an Indian sports official said yesterday.

Santhi Soundarajan won silver in the women's 800m.

"She had to undergo a gender test and there were some problems with it," Dr. Manmohan Singh, head of the medical panel of the Indian Olympic Association, told Reuters.

"They (the organisers) have informed the executive board of the Olympic Council of Asia. Doubts were raised during the dope test by an official, following which the test was carried out," Singh added.

No further details were immediately available. The Asian Games concluded on Friday, December 15.