Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been banned from all competitive sporting events for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
. The CAS panel did not accept the argument of the athlete that he was the victim of sabotage and noted that there was no evidence that he bore no fault, nor that the anti-doping rule violation was not intentional. Therefore the standard four-year period of ineligibility was imposed by the panel.
With CAS ruling, Yadav’s suspension begins immediately and he will not be able to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics. He had qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 74 category of freestyle wrestling event.
Background
- In July 2016, Narsingh Yadav had tested positive for banned substance steroid in an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
- He had tested positive for methandienone, a banned anabolic steroid which increases protein synthesis, muscle strength and glycogenolysis over a short space of time.
- In August 2016 he was given clean chit by NADA by accepted his claim of sabotage in doping case.
- However,WADA filed an urgent application before the CAS ad hoc Division to challenge the decision of NADA India to exonerate Narsingh Yadav following two positive anti-doping tests with methandienone on June 25 and July 5.
About Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS):
- CAS is an international quasi-judicial body established to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration.
- Its Headquarter is located in Lausanne (Switzerland).
- According to rule 61 of the Olympic Charter, all disputes in connection with the Olympic Games can only be submitted to CAS.
- Since 2016, an anti-doping division of CAS has been given full authority to judge doping cases at the Olympic Games. It had replaced earlier mechanism of the IOC disciplinary commission.
