New Delhi, Aug 2: A day after wrestler Narsingh Yadav was given clean chit from National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), India's Rio-bound shot putter, Inderjeet Singh, failed to clear the dope test for the second time.
Narsingh Yadav gets clean chit
As Inderjeet's 'B' sample too tested positive of banned substance, this puts an end to the 28-year-old athlete's chances of appearing in Rio Olympics.
The NADA has asked the Haryana athlete, who had won a silver in the 2014 Asian Games, to test his 'B' sample within seven days.
('Narsingh may have been tricked')
Now that the 'B' sample also tested positive, he will have to miss Rio Olympics beginning August 5, besides facing the prospect of being banned for four years under the new WADA Code.
Inderjeet was one of the first track and field athletes who qualified for the Rio Olympics as he made the cut last year itself. But this development has brought huge embarrassment to India.
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