The expert opinion was given by Professor Christiane Ayotte from Canada who was presented by the World Anti-Doping Agency. "...all in all found the sabotage (s) theory possible, but not probable and certainly not grounded in any real evidence. "The panel had to weigh circumstantial evidence of the athlete against scientific evidence of WADA to determine whether it was satisfied with the athlete's position that he did not take the prohibited substance intentionally. The panel is conscious that expert evidence offered by Professor Ayotte may be susceptible to qualification by other expert (s). Narsingh had submitted that the doping offence was due to sabotage carried out by Jithesh (a junior wrestler and a member of Sushil Kumar's entourage) by mixing his energy drinks with prohibited substance on either June 23 or 24.

Source: dna August 22, 2016 06:00 UTC