New Delhi: After the Olympic bound Indian wrestler
Narasingh Yadav tested positive in dope test, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
said that the elimination period of the player will be lessened if ‘he is able
to prove that he was sabotaged by a rival.’ The Wrestling Federation of India
(WFI), however, ‘backed’ the wrestler and hinted that Yadav is a victim of
conspiracy.
WFI president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh on Monday has
asserted: “We are fully behind Narsingh, we believe in his innocence and we
will go to any extent to support him in his fight for justice and try and get
him on the plane to Rio.”
According to Singh, a person was caught on June 5 who was
trying to add something in the food cooked for the players in the Sonepat camp.
Singh added that the incident was ‘hushed’ then and that ‘Narsingh was the
target from the beginning.’ He is the first Indian wrestler to secure his Olympic
berth in the 75-kg category. Preceding the Olympic selection, the 26-year-old athlete
also had a legal battle with double-Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar.
Following the failed dope test, Narsingh filed a complaint against
a lady SAI (Sports Authority of India) official claiming conspiracy against
him. Singh failed the dope test twice when experts found trace of banned
steroid metadienone in it.
Yogeshwar Dutt, former Olympic medal winning wrestler from India,
has supported Yadav and said that the he is being victimized and that the case
should be investigated thoroughly. Dutt wrote in his Twitter handle that, “This
matter should be investigated. I am sure that Narsingh cannot do something like
this.”
On Tuesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
also joined the crowed to support Narasingh Yadav. He had written a letter to
the Union Sports Minister, seeking justice for the wrestler.
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