Nijappa, coach slapped bans

Yenteth8217;s period of ban is in effect from June till December and has been thus debarred from talking part in two Nationals scheduled in the next six months of the cycling calendar for the year.

8216;8216;We have also banned his coach Dilip Jagtap after Yenteth confessed that he had taken D-Cold Total on the advise of his coach. We have also informed the Railways where he is employed to cancel his license and not let him accompany any team for the two-year period,8217;8217; added Ganla. D-Cold Total contains 15 percent of the banned substance, Ganla revealed.

Interestingly, the IOA Anti Doping Commission chairman Dr Manmohan Singh had, while releasing the list of the 21 guilty players, categorically said none of the players summoned, blamed their coaches for it. 16 out of 21 players had appeared before the IOA.

As per the Universal Cycling International the parent international body stipulations for cyclists caught for doping, punishment meted out for the first offence is warning or ban for one to six months. He is the fourth player to be disciplined after two athletes two-year ban and a rower life ban have been disiplined by their respective federations.