WADA says Narsingh’s clean chit will be reviewed

New Delhi: A day after wrestler Narsingh Yadav was
exonerated of doping charges by the National Anti-doping Agency (NADA), its
parent world body WADA said that it will review the case.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Communications Coordinator Maggie Durand said that it has requested the NADA to
send the case file so that it can review it.

Durand stated in a written reply 

We requested the case file following the decision and will review the case. We have no further comment for now

When asked whether WADA will appeal to the ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Rio de Janeiro against the decision rendered by the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel of the NADA

WADA can appeal against a decision of
Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel or Appeals Panel of any of its member countries
to the CAS.

NADA Director General Navin Agarwal
had also said that any party involved in Narsingh’s case (including WADA) can
appeal to the CAS within 21 days against the decision of the Anti-Doping
Disciplinary Panel.

If WADA appeals against the decision
of the disciplinary panel at the ad hoc division of the CAS, specifically
constituted to render decisions quickly during the Olympics, Narsingh may have
to wait some more days to know his fate regarding his participation in the Rio
Games.

Eleven cases have already been filed
before the ad hoc division of the CAS in Rio de Janeiro and decisions are being
given in quick time.

Yesterday, in a sensational
turnaround, Narsingh was exonerated of doping charges by the NADA’s Anti-Doping
Disciplinary Panel, which concluded that he was a victim of sabotage, boosting
his chances of making it to the Olympics.

After more than a week of drama which
began with Narsingh testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid
methandienone in tests conducted on June 25, NADA DG Navin Agarwal put an end
to the suspense on the wrestler’s fate by exonerating him.

We kept in mind that in the past, till
June 2, none of his samples were positive. It was inconceivable that one-time
ingestion would be of benefit. Therefore the panel is of the view that the
one-time ingestion was not intentional, Agarwal said while reading out the
verdict.

The panel concludes that the athlete
deserves the benefit of article 10.4 of the NADA’s anti-doping code. Keeping in
view that he was victim of a sabotage, the panel exonerates the athlete from
charges of anti-doping rules of NADA, he had said.

PTI