Wrestler Narsingh Yadav fails 2nd dope test
July 27, 2016  15:22
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Reports coming in now say that Narsingh Yadav has failed a second dope test (B Sample), which was taken on July 5th. NADA has ruled out tampering of the wrestler's food supplements. So, if the food supplements were not tampered with does the conspiracy theory that his food was spiked hold good? Yadav has claimed that it was a case of sabotage after it emerged that his A-sample had tested positive for doping in a test conducted in June. 

Narsingh Yadav's coach Jagmal Singh arrives at the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) in Delhi for hearing in the case.

Yadav has filed a complaint at the Rai police station in Sonepat, accusing a 17-year-old wrestler of allegedly mixing a banned drug in his food that led to him failing a dope test.

On Wednesday, a NADA disciplinary panel hearing will determine if Narsingh can compete in the Olympic Games starting in Rio on August 5. The 26-year-old wrestler has been accused of taking an anabolic steroid, metadienone, and is under provisional suspension.

The teenaged wrestler named in Narsingh's complaint, filed late on Tuesday, is a trainee at the Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi and has represented the country in junior international tournaments, said sources.


Yadav was India's representative in the Olympics' 74 kg freestyle wrestling category.
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