Olympic-bound Indian wrestler Sumit Malik fails dope check, provisionally suspended
Sumit Malik, who made the reduce for the Tokyo 2020 Games within the 125kg class, failed the dope check in a overseas competitors and has been provisionally suspended by the United World Wrestling. Sumit Malik was the fourth Indian males’s freestyle wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics (Getty Images)HIGHLIGHTSUnited World Wrestling has provisionally suspened wrestler Sumit MalikSumit Malik may be banned from wrestling if his B pattern additionally returns constructive for banned substanceIndia can be represented by 8 wrestlers on the Tokyo Olympics, which start on July 23Indian wrestler Sumit Malik, who’s a part of the Indian wrestling contingent for subsequent month’s Summer Olympics, has failed a dope check and provisionally suspended with rapid impact by the United World Wrestling (UWW), in accordance with studies.The UWW has allegedly discovered the wrester responsible of the anti-doping rule violation, despite the fact that his ‘B’ pattern check remains to be pending. Malik may be banned from wrestling if his B pattern additionally returns constructive later this month.Sumit Malik, who made the reduce for the Tokyo Games within the 125kg class final month, failed the dope check in a overseas competitors which places his probabilities of collaborating in his maiden Olympics in severe doubt. Malik was the fourth Indian freestyle wrestler to make the reduce for the 2021 Games after Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg).This marks the second occasion of an Indian wrestler failing a dope check earlier than the Olympics after Narsingh Pancham Yadav, who had examined constructive for a banned substance and slapped with a four-year ban earlier than the 2016 Summer Games in Rio.”The UWW (United World Wrestling) informed the Wrestling Federation of India yesterday that Sumit has failed the dope test. Now he has to give his B sample on June 10,” a WFI supply informed PTI.”He must have taken something unknowingly. Maybe he was taking some Ayurvedic medicine to treat his injured knee and that might have contained some banned substances,” mentioned the supply.”But these wrestlers should have been careful, they know the risks involved by taking such medicines,” he added.The 28-year-old 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist had competed on the Asian Qualifiers in Almaty in April however didn’t reach incomes an Olympic quota. He then competed on the Asian Championship on the identical venue and returned with a medal-less efficiency.However, on the World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia held in May, Malik earned the quota by reaching the ultimate, which he forfeited resulting from a knee harm.India can be represented by 8 wrestlers on the Tokyo Olympics, which start on July 23. But the nation now dangers dropping one quota following Sumit’s failed dope check.Click right here for IndiaAt present.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
