“It’s the same substance that was found in the first test”.
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“I have always maintained that there has been a conspiracy against me”.
“I have been framed because I am outspoken”, the 28-year-old also told Indian TV stations.
Shot-putter Inderjeet Singh’s allegations that the NADA tampered with his samples have been rubbished by the anti-doping agency’s boss, Navin Agarwal.
The NADA chief, however, denied Inderjeet’s claims that he has been tested five times in recent months. Narsingh’s dope test came positive days before the start of the Rio Olympics.
India has not yet decided the fate of either athlete. They have won many medals for India and they know all of these. “I’m confident that with the majority of sports lovers across the country praying for me, I will emerge clean”, Narsingh told mid-day from Sonepat yesterday.
“Had I stayed in Mumbai for training instead of Sonipat, I would not have landed in the dope trouble”, he said.
“Their intention is to shut me up”.
Narsingh is to face the National Anti-Doping Agency’s disciplinary committee on 27 July 2016 to prove his innocence.
On Tuesday, according to the reports, the man who may have spiked Narsingh Yadav’s food which leads to him testing positive in dope test, was identified. “But being a sportsperson I can say that such incidents can lead a player to depression and can harm his career”, she said. “Someone has sabotaged my food supplements and water intake”, Yadav said Monday.
“I have always maintained that there has been a conspiracy against me”.
The olympic association has taken this matter very seriously and taken adequate steps to check this type of cases, they later asked to United World Wrestling which have to announce that Indian Olympic Association as asked Narsingh yadav to replace with Parveen Rana.
Earlier on Wednesday, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh confirmed that they had named Praveen Rana as replacement for Narsingh.
The wrestler, who was picked ahead of the double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar to represent India at the Rio Games, has cried foul and said he was a victim of conspiracy.
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Last month, the Delhi High Court ruled against Kumar, the only Indian athlete to win two individual Olympic medals, clearing the way for Yadav to compete in Rio.
