Neeraj Yadav fails in dope test, India may lose two gold medals in Asian Para Games
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“We are saying that his samples are contaminated or it is not his because we have tested him twice in Hangzhou and we have not yet heard about any doping positive in the Asian Para Games samples,” he said. He said the PCI would wait for the testing of the two samples given by Yadav in Hangzhou. “If he comes positive, he will be guilty of doping and we cannot present any case,” he said. But if they test negative, their samples cannot contain this substance because steroids remain in the body for a long time.
India may lose the two gold medals it won in the recent Hangzhou Asian Para Games as Neeraj Yadav has failed the dope test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). This investigation was done a few days before this continental tournament. It has been learned that Yadav has tested positive for anabolic steroids in a test conducted on the sidelines of the tournament in Bengaluru six days before leaving for Hangzhou. If the NADA panel finds him guilty of doping, Yadav will lose his two gold medals in the F55 javelin and discus throw events. With this, India will slip one place from fifth place to sixth place in the table. In such a situation, Indonesia will reach fifth place. India had won 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals while Indonesia had 29 gold, 30 silver and 36 bronze medals.
With Yadav losing two gold medals, India’s number of yellow medals will reduce to 27. “We have written to NADA that the sample may not be theirs,” Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) athletics chief coach S Satyanarayana told PTI from Bengaluru. Or the sample may be contaminated. “We came to know about the anti-doping rule violation on November 13 and they have seven days to present their case,” he said. Therefore his case will be heard on November 21. Yadav (39 years) could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. Satyanarayana admitted that if Yadav was found guilty by the NADA panel, India would lose the two gold medals he had won.
“We are saying that his samples are contaminated or it is not his because we have tested him twice in Hangzhou and we have not yet heard about any doping positive in the Asian Para Games samples,” he said. He said the PCI would wait for the testing of the two samples given by Yadav in Hangzhou. “If he comes positive, he will be guilty of doping and we cannot present any case,” he said. But if they test negative, their samples cannot contain this substance because steroids remain in the body for a long time.
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