The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will announce its verdict on the fate of Narsingh Yadav on Thursday. In a meeting that took place on Wednesday, the wrestler was supposed to prove his innocence.
However, reports have claimed that no evidence of Yadav’s supplements being tampered was found. If the reports are true, the wrestler’s Olympic dreams are as good as over.
Narsingh’s lawyer, however, said that any decision is yet to be taken.
We have put forward our arguments before NADA. They are yet to arrive on any decision. Hearing has been adjourned till tomorrow.Narsingh Yadav’s Lawyer
Narsingh Yadav’s hopes of competing in the Olympics seemed bleak on Wednesday after the wrestler failed a second dope test which was conducted on him on July 5.
It is learnt that Narsingh, already under provisional suspension for failing a June 25 dope test, has also flunked the second test done on both his ‘A’ and ‘B’ samples taken on July 5.
It’s the same substance (methandienone) that was found in the first test. It was unlikely that it would go out of the system.Source, Wrestling Federation of India
Narsingh has been claiming that he has been framed in the scandal by rivals who, he alleged, spiked his food supplements and meals.
But the 26-year-old’s food supplements have reportedly been found to be clean in tests conducted after his allegations, dealing a further blow to his Rio hopes.
The Maharashtra wrestler had been picked over two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar after he won the quota place with a bronze medal in last year’s World Championships.
Following the doping storm, Parveen Rana was named as Narsingh’s replacement in the 74kg category, a move that has been approved by United World Wrestling.
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