NADA DG Navin Agarwal: All Rio-bound sportspersons are dope-free

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Jul 14 2016 05:16 PM
Harshita

NADA DG Navin Agarwal: All Rio-bound sportspersons are dope-free

Navin Agarwal the Director General of National Anti-Doping today said, all the Rio Olympics bound sportspersons are dope-free.

He said, “they have undergone testing for banned substances. Mr.Aggarwal told PTI that for those training abroad, NADA have hired some agencies to collect samples there and have tested the samples of all these athletes”.

He said that he was quite confident that the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics will have no doping violation by any of them this time.

The Indian contingent at the 2004 Olympics was rocked by doping as two weightlifters -- Sanamacha Chanu and Pratima Kumari -- tested positive for banned substances while another lifter Monika Devi was barred from leaving for 2008 Olympics just a day before she was to board the Beijing flight. There was, however, no such incident prior and during the 2012 London Olympics.

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