Ending the suspense of the last few days, NADA DG Naveen Agarwal read out a statement clearing Narsingh, leading to wild celebrations among his supporters. NADA’s legal team had also given its arguments against the sabotage theory before the disciplinary committee, stating that the responsibility of keeping his system dope free lay with Narsingh. Keeping in view that he was victim of a sabotage, the panel exonerates the athlete from charges of anti-doping rules of NADA,” he added. Therefore the panel is of the view that the one-time ingestion was not intentional,” Mr. Agarwal said while reading out the verdict. The Wrestling Federation of India said Narsingh would now be brought back into the squad.

Source: The Hindu August 01, 2016 12:43 UTC