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Narsingh Yadav has been exonerated from all doping charges levelled against him today. National Anti-doping Agency (NADA) announced the much-awaited verdict on Narsingh’s doping case. NADA’s discipinary panel said that they were of the opinion that one time ingestion by NarsinghYadav was not within his knowledge and strengthened his claim.
NADA panel also said that it was impossible for an athlete to keep a watch on drinks and that could not be regarded as a failure on the athlete’s part. “There is no fault & negligence on #NarsinghYadav’s part, he is a victim of sabotage done by a competitor,” said the NADA panel.
The verdict meant that Narsingh would now be able to participate in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Narsingh failed a dope test conducted by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) barely 10 days before the start of the Rio Olympics. The Rio-bound athlete tested positive for both “A” and “B” samples.
Narsingh was selected for the Rio Olympics in controversial circumstances as double Olympic medallist Sushil Singh had also staked his claim to represent the country in 74kg freestyle.Narsingh was also stopped from travelling with other men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers to Georgia on July 25th for a fortnight training competition programme. The wrestlers were scheduled to leave for Rio directly from Georgia.
Narsingh Yadav gets clean chit from NADA, to participate in Rio Olympics
Though, Narsingh Yadav will have to go through a reinstatement test before he boards the flight to Rio, if he is cleared by WADA / IOC.
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Narsingh supporters welcomed the decision. The social media too erupted with their opinions on the verdict.
Narsingh supporters started celebrating after hearing the verdict outside NADA office.
