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NADA bans Oly medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia for refusing to give urine sample
Updated On: 27 November, 2024 03:39 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Punia also claimed that the situation was exacerbated by his dispute with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and his involvement with the protests against its former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
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Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia has been suspended for four years for refusing to provide a urine sample for anti-doping testing during the national team trials in March 2024. According to reports, Punia was earlier handed a provisional suspension and following a hearing, the ban was confirmed as per Article 10.3.1 of NADA’s Anti-Doping Rules, which relates to deliberately avoiding a dope test, which is deemed as an anti-doping rule violation.
Punia had challenged his provisional suspension, which was imposed on April 23, 2024, with NADA’s Anti-Disciplinary Doping Panel (ADDP) and got it revoked in May 2024, pending a formal notice of charge. NADA eventually served a formal notice on June 23, 2024. After written submissions from Punia and hearings held on September 20 and October 4, the ADDP ruled in favour of NADA and ordered the enforcement of a four-year ineligibility period starting April 23, 2024.
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