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On Monday, the provisional suspension imposed on Bajrang Punia was revoked. The disciplinary panel has lifted the provisional suspension imposed on Bajrang until NADA gives him a notice of the charge. Bajrang had refused to give his sample for the dope test after the selection trials in March this year.
The National Anti-Doping Agency’s disciplinary panel on Monday revoked the provisional suspension imposed on Bajrang Punia. The disciplinary panel has lifted the provisional suspension imposed on Bajrang till NADA gives him a notice of the charge. Bajrang refused to give his sample for dope test after the selection trial in March this year. After this, NADA suspended Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Bajrang on 23 April and later the world governing body took the same action.
The trials to select the men’s national team for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek were held in Sonipat on March 10 and Bajrang left the venue without giving his urine sample after losing a bout. He did not even participate in the third-fourth place bout.
Bajrang had challenged the suspension through his lawyers and in his reply to the ADDP reiterated that he had never refused to give a sample. Rather, he only demanded to know why NADA had sent an expired sample kit to collect his sample in December 2023. Why has the National Anti-Doping Agency not yet answered his question?
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