His hopes of competing within the Olympics over, Indian wrestler Sumit Malik was on Friday banned for 2 years by the game’s world governing physique UWW after his B pattern additionally returned constructive for a prohibited stimulant.
The 28-year-old has one week to resolve if he would settle for the sanction or problem it.
Malik was handed a provisional suspension final month for failing a dope check in the course of the World Olympic Qualifier occasion in Sofia, the place he had certified for the Tokyo Games within the 125kg class.
His ‘B’ pattern was opened on June 30 and expectedly that additionally supplied the identical consequence.
A specified substance was present in Malik’s pattern, although, the 2018 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist had advised PTI that he solely took painkillers to handle proper knee niggle.
“Sumit Malik’s B sample has given the same result and the UWW has banned him for two years from June 3. He has a week to respond. He can call for a hearing or accept the sanction,” a supply within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) advised PTI.
Sources near Rohtak-based Malik mentioned they are going to quickly take a choice.
“We are discussing the matter with our lawyer,” mentioned the one that is interacting with Malik on the matter.
The basic opinion in WFI is that Malik ought to problem the sanction because it was not a steroid however a stimulant that was taken inadvertently.
Malik has been nursing a knee damage that he suffered in the course of the nationwide camp earlier than the Olympic Qualifiers started at totally different venues.
He had competed on the Asian Qualifiers in Almaty in April however didn’t achieve incomes the quota.
He then competed on the Asian Championship on the similar venue and returned medal-less.
However, on the World Olympic Qualifiers in Sofia held in May, Malik earned the quota by reaching the ultimate, which he forfeited because of the similar damage
By the time listening to takes place and a verdict comes out, he would miss competing on the Olympics.
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India to lose one Tokyo Olympics wrestling quota after Sumit Malik fails dope take a look at
Sumit Malik was one of many athletes unveiling India’s uniform for the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday afternoon. By late night, it turned out the wrestler won’t have the ability to don the blue jersey himself.
On the day The Indian Express reported that one Olympics-bound wrestler had failed a dope take a look at, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) confirmed that it was Malik. The heavyweight wrestler examined constructive for a prohibited substance throughout final month’s Olympic qualifying match in Sofia, Bulgaria.
United World Wrestling (UWW), the game’s governing physique, provisionally suspended the 28-year-old for six months on Thursday. Unless the UWW expedites the listening to course of to complete it earlier than the Games start on July 23, Malik will be unable to compete in Tokyo. Even if the method is full by then, his probabilities to compete look slim. And for the reason that failed take a look at occurred throughout a qualifying match, India will consequently lose the 125kg weight class quota.
WFI secretary VN Prasood stated they have been knowledgeable about Malik’s alleged doping violation on Thursday night time.
“We received communication on Thursday night that Sumit’s sample collected during the Olympic qualifying tournament had returned positive. The UWW has provisionally suspended him and India has also lost its quota in that category. It is unfortunate,” Prasood stated.
The grappler, a product of New Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium, had received gold on the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and silver on the Asian Championship the yr earlier than.
Malik, who didn’t remark when contacted, examined constructive for a stimulant referred to as methylhexanamine. One of the primary instances reported on using this drug concerned Yohan Blake. The sprinter was one of many 5 Jamaican athletes who examined constructive for the substance in 2009.
Since then, a whole bunch of athletes, together with a number of on the 2010 Commonwealth Games, have examined constructive for the drug because it was generally present in dietary supplements. Once used as a nasal decongestant, the drug helps athletes enhance their metabolic price and make the load discount course of simpler.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has categorized the drug as a ‘specified’ substance, which means that if the athlete can show the use was unintentional, he can get away with a decreased sanction.
Malik was amongst eight Indian wrestlers who had certified for the Olympics. He did so by reaching the ultimate of the final qualifying match held in Sofia, battling an harm and basically grappling on one leg.
Heading into the match, Malik claimed he had been nursing a knee harm that he suffered in the course of the nationwide camp. The ache, he stated, was one of many causes he hadn’t been capable of safe a quota on the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Almaty, Kazakhstan in April.
Weeks later, he reached the ultimate of the qualifiers in Bulgaria and booked the quota. However, he conceded the ultimate citing the identical harm. Malik was one of many wrestlers set to compete in a rating match in Warsaw, Poland, later this month. However, his identify has been withdrawn from the squad.
This is the second-straight Olympics the place an Indian wrestler has failed a dope take a look at. In 2016, Narsingh Yadav, who had certified within the 74kg class, couldn’t compete on the Rio Games after he, too, examined constructive weeks earlier than the opening ceremony. -
Olympic-bound 2 rowers, 2 wrestlers included in TOPS; Vinesh Phogat to proceed coaching overseas
Olympic-bound rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh and wrestlers Seema Bisla and Sumit Malik have been on Thursday included within the core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) of the sports activities ministry.
The ministry additionally introduced that star Indian grappler Vinesh Phogat will proceed coaching abroad until the Tokyo Games as her proposal was cleared by the Mission Olympic Cell.
“Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh were moved from the development group to the core group while wrestlers Seema Bisla and Sumit Malik, who earned quota places at the World Olympic qualifiers recently, have been added to the core group,” a ministry launch mentioned.
“Tennis player Ankita Raina who recently broke into the world top 100 in women’s doubles and partnered Sania Mirza in the Billie Jean King Cup has also been added to the TOPS core group,” it added.
The proposal from rowers Arjun and Arvind to coach for 5 weeks in Portugal in preparation for the Olympic Games has additionally been sanctioned by TOPS.
The doubles scullers, who achieved Olympic berth earlier this month in Tokyo, will practice on the Pocinho High-Performance Centre in Portugal from June 1. Their camp will value round Rs. 21 lakh.
Vinesh, who secured the 53kg class Olympic quota throughout 2019 World Championships, will practice in Budapest till June 9. She will journey for the Poland Open (June 9 to 13) after which return to Budapest to be primarily based there until July 2.
Her coach Woller Akos, sparring accomplice Priyanka and physiotherapist Poornima Raman Ngomdir will probably be together with her all through.
“The Mission Olympic Cell today approved her proposal to the TOPS, routed through the Wrestling Federation of India, to train in Hungary and Poland after she finishes her high-altitude stint in Bulgaria,” the ministry mentioned.
“The cost of her proposal for training and competition is Rs. 20.21 lakhs. She has so far received financial support of Rs. 1.13 crore from the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.”
The TOPS additionally authorized tennis doubles gamers Divij Sharan and Rohan Bopanna’s participation in 14 and 11 tournaments respectively between January and June.
“Divij Sharan’s proposal value roughly Rs. 30 lakh and he has obtained Rs. 80.59 lakhs in funding from TOPS within the current Olympics cycle.
“Rohan Bopanna’s proposal, including fee for coach Scott Davidoff and physio Gaurang Shukla, cost Rs. 27.61 lakh. He has already received Rs. 1.24 crore from TOPS through the current Olympic cycle,” the ministry assertion mentioned. -
Literally combating on one leg, wrestler Sumit Malik books Tokyo spot
Wrestler Sumit Malik certified within the tremendous heavyweight class for the Tokyo Olympics regardless of an injured knee. At the World qualifiers in Sofia, Bulgaria, the 24-year-old outclassed Jose Diaz of Venezuela 5-0 within the semifinals to clinch a Tokyo berth. The win was important as a result of it has been practically 20 years since Palwinder Singh Cheema competed on the 2004 Olympics, the final Indian wrestler to take action on this weight-class.
Malik is the fourth Indian male wrestler, after Bajranj Punia, Deepak Punia and Ravi Dahiya, to verify an Olympic spot.
Malik knew there was an opportunity of aggravating the ligament tear in his quest to hitch India’s finest in Japan. He reached the quarterfinals of the Asian qualifiers in Almaty and in addition reached the identical stage on the Asian Championships, on the identical host metropolis, however couldn’t qualify. In his final alternative, he made it depend. The threat issue was value it, he mentioned.
Malik conceded the ultimate towards Russian Sergei Kozyrev resulting from damage on Friday,
“It was my last chance to qualify for Olympics and there was the worry about the injured knee too. I had been wrestling after taking painkillers in Almaty and here too. When I earned the Olympic spot, it made me forget all the pain,” mentioned Malik whereas chatting with The Indian Express from Sophia, Bulgaria.
Malik’s motion, particularly the decrease physique was restricted, due to the knee damage. He focussed on upper-body strikes which meant he needed to continuously assume on his toes throughout a bout. For a person who was actually combating on one leg, he didn’t do too badly.
At Almaty in April, Malik had progressed to the semifinals after a win over Makhsud Veysalov of Uzbekistan. But he suffered a 0-2 loss towards World No.14 Yusup Batirmurzaev of Kazakhstan within the last-four spherical. Malik received a bronze medal with a 5-0 win over Kim Donghwan of Korea. At the Asian Championships, on the identical venue, Malik reached the quarter-finals earlier than shedding 1-7 to world No.13 Oleg Boltin of Kazakhstan.The Haryana wrestler from Karor, Rothak, believes the expertise of wrestling towards the likes of Boltin and Batirmurzaev held him in good stead.
“Initially, I could not practice for more than a week after the injury. But I knew that I had to take a chance. We focused on the upper body movements but was restricted by slow knee movements. Lots of ice packs were put on the knee. The loss against Batirmurzaev was a narrow one but it also gave me a chance to analyse my game. The injury meant that I was focusing more on defending during practice and had to visualise attacking moves so I could implement them if it was really necessary,” Malik mentioned.
On Thursday, the 2018 Commonwealth Games Champion scored a 2-2 win on standards (he scored the final level) over final yr’s World Cup bronze medallist and world No.17 Aiaal Lazarev of Kyrgyzstan after trailing within the bout. He pulled off an identical win over Alexandr Romonov of Moldova. In the quarters, Malik would as soon as once more make a comeback after trailing 2-4 towards Rustam Iskandri of Tajikistan to win 10-5. In the semi-final towards Diaz, Malik didn’t give his opponent any actual likelihood. “I had suffered losses against Lazarev and Romonov before but I watched their videos prior to the world qualifiers. I knew I had to show some patience and it helped me here,” Malik mentioned.
Malik is a product of the Chattarsal Stadium conveyor belt of wrestlers. He moved to the wrestling nursery in Delhi, alongside along with his uncle, after his mom handed away.
At Tokyo, Malik is aware of he might be up towards the most effective.
World No.11 Robert Baran of Poland, two-time Olympian and Rio Olympics quarter-finalist Daniel Lgiti of Hungary and reigning European Championships silver medallist Sergei Kozyrev of Russia had been within the different half of the draw on the earth qualifiers. Only two of the world’s top-20 wrestlers in 125 kg competed within the occasion.
National coach Jagmender Singh mentioned Malik’s job might be minimize out in Tokyo. But the coach is assured about his ward holding his personal. “His biggest strength is his will power and he displayed that last month and this week too by competing despite the injured knee. He had his weaknesses earlier but has improved with time and has competed against some good wrestlers in the world. That’s why we expect him to improve further,” Singh mentioned. -
Sumit Malik seals Olympic quota; Dhankar, Kadiyan ousted
Sumit Malik on Thursday turned the fourth Indian males’s free fashion wrestler to qualify for the Tokyo Games when he reached the 125kg summit conflict on the World Olympic Qualifiers.
Sumit joined Ravi Dahiya (57kg), Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Deepak Punia (86kg) in India’s males’s free fashion squad certain for the Tokyo Olympics.
It is the primary time that 28-year-old Malik, who’s a 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, has made the lower for the Olympics.
The finalists at this competitors will qualify for Tokyo Games.
Unlike his earlier bouts, Malik was aggressive from the start within the all-crucial semifinal, which he received 5-0 towards Venezuela’s Jose Daniel Diaz Robertti.
However, Amit Dhankar (74kg) and Satywart Kadiyan (97kg) did not earn a quota after shedding at totally different phases of the competitors.
In his 125kg Qualification bout towards Kyrgyzstan’s Aiaal Lazarev, Malik was trailing 1-2 until the final 25 seconds however acquired a push-out level in the direction of the top and received on standards, when the scores had been tied at 2-2.
His subsequent bout was towards Moldova’s Alexandr Romanov. He trailed 0-1 after shedding a degree on passivity.
In the second interval, he misplaced one other level when he was pushed out by his opponent however as has been his technique — Malik assaults within the closing stage of the bout — he pulled off a two-point throw to make it even and at last received 3-2.
In the quarterfinal towards Tajikistan’s Rustam Iskandari, Malik was in bother at one stage as he trailed 2-4 after main 2-0 however logged 4 two-pointers to win simply.
On the opposite hand, Dhankar misplaced his Qualification bout 6-9 to Moldova’s Mihail Sava. After trailing 0-4, Dhankar put up a spirited struggle within the second interval, however the Moldovan was as much as the duty.
Dhankar’s defeat signifies that India will go unrepresented within the 74kg on the Tokyo Games.
Kadiyan received his pre-quarterfinal 5-2 towards Evan Amadour Ramos from Puerto Rico. He led 3-0 within the first interval, however a take-down transfer by his rival threatened his probabilities earlier than the Indian acquired one other two-pointer to win simply.
In the quarterfinal towards Bulgaria’s Ahmed Sultanovich Bataev, Kadian blew away a 5-1 result in exit of the competitors as he misplaced the bout on standards, conceding 4 factors within the final 20 seconds.
Kadian trailed after the primary interval, shedding the purpose on passivity. In the second interval, he scored 5 factors in a row, beginning with passivity level and adopted that up with two push-outs and a two-point throw.
However, the Bulgarian turned the tide in his favour with consecutive take all the way down to stun the Indian camp.