FILE- In this August 23, 2015, file photo, India’s Inderjeet Singh competes in men’s shot put qualification at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing.
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“Why would I take something that is not good for my health?” the athlete asked.
The Olympic medal victor made the comments following Narsingh Yadav’s recent positive dope test, which came barely a few days before the start of the Rio Olympics.
The NADA chief, however, denied Inderjeet’s claims that he has been tested five times in recent months. “The athlete will be given a choice to have his sample “B” tested”.
India has not yet decided the fate of either athlete. I have identified the boy who was seen contaminating my food. Perhaps they fear I would speak even more if I went on to win a medal in Rio.
He claimed the result was orchestrated to stop him speaking out about politics in Indian sports, saying: “Their intention is to shut me up”.
It has now emerged that the sample taken on June 29 has returned negative, but sources said National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) will proceed on the June 22 dope flunk case.
Meanwhile, WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh today revealed the names of two junior wrestlers who are alleged to have spiked Narsingh’s food with banned substances. Narsingh’s father, Pancham Yadav, echoed similar sentiments and said his son deserves to represent the country at Rio as he has been preparing for it for over four years.
Narsingh, who earned the Rio quota after winning a World Championships bronze, had failed a dope test last week and cried foul.
“This is a conspiracy against me”.
“My sample has been tampered with, this is an attempt to frame me”.
For Yadav to be exonerated, the teenager needs to confess to sabotaging the Varanasi-born freestyle wrestler’s Olympic prospects. Singh said he was being targeted since he had earlier been vocal against the apathy towards athletes in India.
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Interestingly, Narsingh was selected for the Rio Olympics in controversial circumstances as two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar had demanded for trials to determine who should go to the games.
