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My dream of competing, winning medal for country at Rio has been cruelly snatched away: Narsingh Yadav

My dream of competing, winning medal for country at Rio has been cruelly snatched away: Narsingh Yadav

| | 19 Aug 2016, 04:52 pm
Rio, Aug 19 (IBNS): Wrestler Narsingh Yadav, whose Olympics dreams came a cropper after he was handed a four-year ban on doping charges, said his dream of competing and winning a medal for the country at the Rio Olympics has been cruelly snatched away.

"To say I am devastated at the decision of CAS would be putting it mildly. I have gone through so much over the last two months off the mat but the thought of fighting for the glory of the nation at the Games had kept me going," he said in a statement.

"My dream of competing and winning the country a medal at the Rio Games has been cruelly snatched away from me twelve hours before my first bout, but I will do everything it takes to prove my innocence. It is all I have left to fight for," the Indian wrestler said,

Giving jolt to India' s medal hopes, Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav, hit by doping trouble, has been banned by four years.

He was unable to get a clearance from the  Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Rio.

The 74kg wrestler will not be able to represent India in the Olympics.

National anti-doping panel on Aug 1 cleared wrestler Narsingh Yadav of doping charges.

The wrestler faced trouble when he had failed a dope test ahead of Rio Olympics.

The decision had cleared his way to compete in the mega sports event.

Amid reports that his food was spiked resulting in wrestler Narsingh Yadav testing positive for a banned substance, the athlete had failed a second dope test too, said media reports.

According to earlier media reports, the second dope test conducted on July 5 by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has also dismissed any tampering of his food as alleged by him.

 

Image: Narsingh Yadav Facebook page 

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